Sentence examples for under escalating pressure from inspiring English sources

WASHINGTON -- Six months after President Obama halted all transfers of Guant?mo Bay detainees to Yemen, the moratorium is coming under escalating pressure from federal judges -- raising doubts about its sustainability.

Weiner, who mistakenly tweeted a photo of his underwear-clad erection last month and then lied to cover it up, has been under escalating pressure to quit as one embarrassing revelation after another came to light.

Under escalating pressure from activists, Nike, the utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric Company, and others have publicly resigned from the US Chamber of Commerce over its opposition to climate protection policies.

Although Bankia denied it was suffering a bank run, the reports fuelled fears that Europe's banking sector might crack under the escalating pressure from the ongoing eurozone financial crisis.

With escalating pressure from constituents, that may soon change.

Escalating regulatory pressure makes this transition critical for brokers.

Increased staging suggests escalating social pressure and infrastructure strain.

In the weeks before the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade last May, NATO was under tremendous pressure to escalate its war against Yugoslavia.

The president has begun attacking Syria and is under Republican pressure to escalate there as well.

Indiscriminate killings and looting by the Seleka led to the resignation of their president Michel Djotodia under international pressure, Violence escalated when the anti-balaka formed to carry out revenge attacks on Muslims.

But commercial tenants and real estate brokers say that investors who paid a fortune for buildings in a wildly escalating market are under increasing pressure to raise rents and find the tenants who can pay them.