As a result, one side of the fault area lifts, causing the pressure that has been building up inside to be released.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Bush has come under mounting pressure from members of his own Party to shake up the White House Staff.

布什总统受到了,他党派内的巨大压力,让他更换白宫人员。

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Something was needed to raise up the spirits of the South to break the pressure of Union armies.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

Using different amounts of upward pressure the potter can build up the sides of a container.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

President Umaru Yar'Adua has come under pressure to step up his anti-graft drive in one of the world's most tainted countries since he came to power in 2007.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

And I am committed to working with President Calderon to promote the kind of bottom-up economic growth here in Mexico that will allow people , and as a consequence will relieve some of the pressure border,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

Congressman Berman and at least 330 lawmakers supporting the bill, which expands the scope of sanctions to oil pipelines and tankers, say that despite some signs of progress in negotiations with Iran, Congress must step up pressure on Tehran.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28