Eventually the reality and rigidity of the Yankees — not to mention the oppressive pressure — cast Irabu as a pariah within his own organization.
That means victories in 2015's entire menu of majors, beginning in the oppressive heat of Australia in January, moving to the oppressive slow clay of Roland Garros in Paris in May, then on to the oppressively unpredictable speed and bounce of the grass at Wimbledon in July, and closing with the oppressive pressure of all things New York at the Open in September.
One would expect such oppressive peer pressure at a meeting of socialist students or evangelical Christians, but not among such a learned and worldly crowd.
City had been stung by Palace's 66th-minute equaliser, their pressure oppressive thereafter, but would end up prospering from a set piece as so many have against the home side's rearguard to date this term.
Both films are concerned with an oppressive state and the pressure to conform and they reveal much about their creators' view of life and what may have brought them to Europe.
We are tired of this oppressive government constantly putting pressure on us". .
Worldwide pressure forced the oppressive Rhodesian regime to give up power three decades ago.
"We can't make a game that's unrelentingly oppressive, and keep up that pressure, this game has to be about tension and release, you have to have those intense moments where you're dealing with everything, but then we have to give you the opportunity - even if it's very short - to breathe again, to loosen the grip and take stock before embarking back into the unknown.
It is bad for families and imposes unreasonable and harmful responsibilities on boys and men -- everything from oppressive "masculinity boxes" to the pressure to perform as money makers to the need to be protectors of superhuman ability.
Cuban-American lawmakers cheered the governor for putting economic pressure on the oppressive dictatorships, but became disappointed and angry when they learned the legislation won't take effect July 1 as scheduled, the Miami Herald reports.
Whether you choose an It dog or stumble onto one, as my wife, Luisa, and I did 18 months ago when we happened to buy a Boston shortly before the boom, the pressures quickly become oppressive.
