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cross-pressureverb [with object] North AmericanExpose (someone) to different, incompatible opinions: the executive has been cross-pressured by the interests of the states and the electorate...- Occasionally I did encounter undecided voters who were genuinely cross-pressured.
- With the number of undecided voters shrinking in recent years, campaigns in 2004 are increasingly seeking out voters who are cross-pressured on issues.
- They are cross-pressured as well by the forces of globalisation and what they regard as Western imperialism and cultural domination.
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