The phrase "apply maximum pressure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is advising or instructing to exert the highest level of force or influence in a situation.
Example: "In negotiations, it's important to apply maximum pressure to achieve the best possible outcome."
Alternatives: "exert full force" or "apply utmost pressure".
He also took the opportunity to press the USG to apply maximum pressure on Yerevan to make concessions on NK.
He called on the British, Irish and American governments to apply "maximum pressure" on the republican movement to persuade it to dismantle its arsenal.
The United States has since urged Japan and South Korea, as well as China, to help it apply "maximum pressure" to force North Korea to halt the program.
The Trump administration said on Monday it was not particularly concerned by the EU decision and that the US strategy was designed to apply maximum pressure on Tehran.
Foreign media, governments, NGOs and everyone else interested in Nigeria's progress need to watch Jonathan's next moves closely and apply maximum pressure on him and his allies to conduct credible polls.
The EU has launched an attempt to protect European businesses from Donald Trump's sanctions against Iran as the US administration voiced its intent to apply maximum pressure on Tehran by vigorously applying its punitive measures.
After Billy Eisenberg (North) passed to await developments, Chris Dixon (East) applied maximum pressure by jumping to five spades.
"They would then present it to the House and Senate for final votes later in September, with limited debate and no amendments allowed — and with GOP leaders applying maximum pressure on Republican senators and House members to fall in line.
If confirmed by the Pyongyang regime, the shift of position would mark a success for the Trump administration's policy of applying "maximum pressure" to North Korea and open the possibility of a needed reduction of tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
In the given auction, after Fallenius (East) opened one diamond and South applied maximum pressure by jumping to three hearts, Fredin (West), not wishing to pass with nine points, gambled with a negative double.
But Kim Yong-chol said the decision to engage in talks with the United States was "not a result of sanctions that have been imposed from outside," trying to rebuff a widespread belief in Washington that Mr. Trump's tactic of applying "maximum pressure and sanctions" had brought North Korea to the negotiating table.
