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The phrase "applied heavy pressure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is exerting significant influence or force on a situation or person.
Example: "The negotiator applied heavy pressure to reach a favorable agreement before the deadline."
Alternatives: "exerted significant pressure" or "applied intense pressure."
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"It is apparent to me that the White House has applied heavy pressure in recent weeks to prevent the committee from doing its job," Mr. Rockefeller said.
Germany applied heavy pressure for a replacement treaty to be agreed upon by the time it handed over the presidency to Portugal at the end of the month.
As Stosur opened up the court with her inside-out forehand or applied heavy pressure to Hingis's weaker forehand wing, it was difficult not to imagine Clijsters doing much more of the same.
Henrik Lundqvist made 26 saves for the Rangers, who applied heavy pressure while trailing, 1-0, midway through the third period but could not get the puck past Bishop.
The Jets applied heavy pressure and Manning called an audible on a designed run up the middle that turned it into a pass play, but he apparently did not alert his teammates, and he collided with Jacobs.
"It is more than apparent to me that the White House has applied heavy pressure in recent days, in recent weeks, to prevent the committee from doing its job," Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va)., vice chairman of the intelligence committee, said after the panel voted along party lines not to consider his motion for an investigation.
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The two dissidents are betting that they can apply heavy pressure to Mr. Dell.
The Obama has been reluctant to apply heavy pressure on China toward this end, despite populist criticism of the yuan's valuation from the left and the right.
A consensus is growing among aid officials that until the major industrialized powers apply heavy pressure on the rebels and the Government to come to terms, the tragedy of the Sudan is doomed to repeat itself.
Many of the posts are about these guys lying about not having a girlfriend or applying heavy pressure – but not forcing them – to have sex.
Directly rub the cloth on the scratch and make sure to apply heavy pressure.
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