Some information arrived late, and "other pressures" may prevent his meeting this week's deadline.

In many industrialized countries, social pressure prevents the wage gap from becoming a canyon.

It seemed to be coming together in 2003, until politics and financial pressure prevented the ballpark from being built.

The pressure prevents the tissues in the throat from collapsing.

This pressure may slow down or prevent your bladder from emptying completely.

The pressure of the window against the projecting piece prevented the pipe from falling.

I hear it on many lips, but pressure of business prevents my own attention.

If the company had wanted to expand during this period, the economic pressures of the Civil War prevented it from doing so.

The pressure squeezing his chest prevented him from drawing in a further breath.

The star's internal pressure prevents it from collapsing further under its own gravity.