"It was a high-pressure environment," she recalls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bringing a Lot To the Table] Reference

It was a high-pressure environment and a challenge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting Brazil Back On Track] Reference

Those who do may find high-pressure clandestine work difficult.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tour Through 'Hell Week'] Reference

I shouted over the whoosh of their high-pressure water cannons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blaming Bush just doesn't work like it used to] Reference

But people respond differently to high-pressure work situations.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Good Heart] Reference

The convenience factor counts for a lot in a high-pressure field.    From Wordnik.com.  [Throw Out The Brushes] Reference

Coming off a year of high-pressure work is like "coming off a drug.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Gotham Gothic] Reference

In the high-pressure global economy, this sounds like suicidal sloth.    From Wordnik.com.  [While The Sun Shines] Reference

They run their engines of digestion wholly on the high-pressure system.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Darrow Enigma] Reference

You were at USC, which is a pretty high-pressure environment for a coach.    From Wordnik.com.  [NFL Coach Pete Carroll Plays 'Not My Job'] Reference

In a high-pressure job search, is it ever possible to turn a no into a yes?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Turn A Rejection Into A Job Offer] Reference

But Baker's determined not to get back into the same old high-pressure drama.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Rapturous Return] Reference

A concentrated stream of high-pressure water can erode the wood fibers in the decking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blotches on composite decking easily tackled with oxygen bleach] Reference

The mayor introduced the high-pressure fellows to other people -- and the milking began.    From Wordnik.com.  [Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare] Reference

FLATOW: I mean, the plant has figured out how to create this huge, high-pressure explosion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discovering The Secret, Speedy Life Of Plants] Reference

ELLIOTT: Meaut aims the high-pressure spray low 2 where the Simple Man's hull meets the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [On The Gulf, Oily Ships Cleaned One At A Time] Reference

They had blown into town with a high-pressure front of elected officials, moneymen and hired guns.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Starr Chamber] Reference

Con: It's a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and you might not get to enjoy the neighborhood.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Job Hunt] Reference

Many kids who join Aum are dropouts from Japan's high-pressure world of exams and forced conformity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crushing The Cult Of Doom] Reference

The sink fired another round of high-pressure water into Michael's face, knocking him to the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Impossible Man - Ep. 10: Round 1.] Reference

Workers were using pumps and high-pressure vacuum systems Wednesday afternoon to dry them out, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [More rain could bring nasty rush hour] Reference

The company has been developing its own CVD technology and is closely studying high-pressure techniques.    From Wordnik.com.  [DIAMONDS: ROMANCING THE STONE] Reference

Bathrooms are outfitted with grey stone sinks and floors, Marmorino walls, and a high-pressure rain shower.    From Wordnik.com.  [Armani's Hotel Debut, Tailored for Dubai] Reference

American history is riddled with moments of hesitation and self-restraint even during high-pressure episodes.    From Wordnik.com.  [If Iran came close to getting a nuclear weapon, would Obama use force?] Reference

Many are trumped-up titles from self-proclaimed "institutes," mainly to give cover to high-pressure salespeople.    From Wordnik.com.  [Money Guide: How to Pick a Planner] Reference

Tomorrow: Expect more of the same, as the Eastern coast of the country is under a beautiful high-pressure system.    From Wordnik.com.  [HUFFPOST HILL - JULY 26TH, 2010] Reference

But by starting in such a demanding, high-pressure setting, the organization set itself up for failure, Gibson says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Take Desktop Virtualization Step By Step] Reference

Researchers modified a common technique in which diamonds are grown from tiny "seeds" in a superheated high-pressure chamber.    From Wordnik.com.  [DIAMONDS: ROMANCING THE STONE] Reference

And some have used high-pressure and deceptive sales tactics, say state attorneys general who have investigated the industry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Be wary of promotions for used-car "blow-out" sales] Reference

I had a sewing machine that I had hardly ever used, bought from a high-pressure salesman in the first months of our marriage.    From Wordnik.com.  [We] Reference

There are a few drawbacks: high-pressure processing kills only bacteria, not necessarily worker-spread viruses such as hepatitis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Safer Food For A Tastier Millennium] Reference

The company also pioneered the technology now used by all major companies in the United States to reach deep, high-pressure wells.    From Wordnik.com.  [It’s Not ‘Star Wars’] Reference

One advantage was time – with no high-pressure timeline for introduction, they spent a full two years just building the shoe last.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tech Feature – Giro launches full line of cycling shoes] Reference

I had returned to New York on the 16th and braced myself for what I knew was going to be the most pressured of high-pressure deadlines.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Small Step] Reference

"The interest level is enormous," says Philippe Mauguin, director of high-pressure research at the French Ministry of Research in Paris.    From Wordnik.com.  [Strawberry Jam Forever] Reference

To successfully steam a vessel up those streams against the remarkably swift currents, high-pressure engines had to be adopted generally.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference