Pressed
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When the dispute over Mischief Reef erupted, Chinese officials failed to clarify the meaning of the nine-dashed line, but, when
pressed
, they agreed that the dashes demarcated areas where China had sovereign claims.
More example sentences with word pressed
I
pressed
on, focusing on one push at a time.
I've
pressed
5,000 bricks in one day from the dirt beneath my feet and built a tractor in six days.
However, if I ask your minds to focus currently on Pakistan, and I ask you to think of the symbols and the leaders for democracy in Pakistan today, you'll be hard
pressed
to think beyond perhaps the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
EA: So all these times when he ended up going to jail, were charges
pressed
or did he just get taken to jail?
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