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  • verb Present participle of pressurize.

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Examples

  • I don't know what "pressurizing" means (is it in any way related to the "keep your tires inflated" brouhaha?), but if you think that organized movements don't attempt to influence political outcomes, you're hopelessly naive.

    Bonior Building Behind-The-Scenes Momentum For Openly Gay Union Activist as Labor Secretary 2009

  • David Cameron, lobbied hard in Zurich, for "pressurizing" FIFA.

    NYT > Home Page By ROB HUGHES 2010

  • David Cameron, lobbied hard in Zurich, for "pressurizing" FIFA.

    NYT > Global Home By ROB HUGHES 2010

  • NEW DELHI: A defiant Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi Saturday said he would not quit despite some people 'pressurizing' him to resign.

    arabnews - frontpage 2010

  • David Cameron, lobbied hard in Zurich, for "pressurizing" FIFA.

    NYT > Home Page By ROB HUGHES 2010

  • NEW DELHI: A defiant Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi Saturday said he would not quit despite some people 'pressurizing' him to resign.

    arabnews - frontpage 2010

  • Now with the new assembly fea feature, I really would like to try out "pressurizing" whole instruments.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2009

  • Now with the new assembly fea feature, I really would like to try out "pressurizing" whole instruments.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2009

  • "While this implies that MannKind may be facing an uphill battle, it should be kept in mind that Pfizer's product required users to become proficient at loading and 'pressurizing' a cumbersome apparatus - and releasing the powder and inhaling it with precisely the right technique.

    TheStockAdvisor 2009

  • She nearly died and now her husband family are pressurizing her for a boy!

    The Male-Child Preference Syndrome 2009

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