press for

phrasal verb

pressed for; pressing for; presses for

: to make a demand for (something)

Laborers are pressing for higher wages.

Examples of press for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web If you're pressed for time, the route from Londonderry to Coleraine (or vice versa) operated by NI Railways takes just 40 minutes. —

Luke Abrahams, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2024 After achieving parity in Mexico’s Congress in 2018, women banded together to press for a constitutional amendment that mandates parity in every aspect of public life — from the president's cabinet, to party candidates, to the legislature, and the courts. —

Eyder Peralta, NPR, 1 June 2024 Defense presses for more video footage More than 100 search warrants were obtained by Moscow and Idaho State Police detectives in their investigation into the student homicides that shocked the rural college town, the state and the nation. —

Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 31 May 2024 Once again, the Ukrainians pressed for Mr. Biden to lift U.S. restrictions on firing into Russian territory, arguing that the president’s concerns about escalation were overblown. —

Edward Wong, New York Times, 30 May 2024 Meanwhile, Vogt was pressing for things to return to normal, according to the investigation that followed the incident. —

Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 May 2024 Last year he was criticized across the Anglo and German press for prevaricating about the Ukraine war in its early months. —

Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024 Willis is on hand for an outreach event, but a gaggle of TV producers press for details on the Trump case. —

Sam Gringlas, NPR, 9 May 2024 Two years later, Buehler will have to find his place in a rotation fronted by big-money acquisitions Tyler Glasnow and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (both off to excellent starts) and featuring veteran James Paxton with emerging young pitchers Bobby Miller, Gavin Stone and Landon Knack pressing for starts. —

Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 7 May 2024

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