How to Use pressure group in a Sentence

pressure group

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  • In any case, as soon as a UBI became law, pressure groups would call for expanded benefits.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 25 July 2019
  • This surprises many people, who are used to thinking of the fossil-fuel industry as the main pressure group.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2021
  • There is also the vested interest that pressure groups have in selling bad news in exchange for donations.
    — Matt Ridley, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018
  • Politicians are not only accountable to voters but also kept in line by feisty courts, journalists and pressure groups.
    — The Economist, 14 June 2018
  • Might new pressure groups emerge that will champion new priorities, such as using the tax code to give working- and lower–middle-income families more of a leg up?
    — Reihan Salam, Slate Magazine, 19 Apr. 2017
  • To cope with these problems, the citizens have continued to elect weak city governments, all built on compromise and deals with competing pressure groups.
    — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 8 June 2019
  • Human Rights Watch, a pressure group, counts thousands more detained for their political opinions.
    — The Economist, 27 Jan. 2018
  • The result is a formidable—and dangerous—coalition of diverse pressure groups.
    — Carl Bakal, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Some conservative pressure groups derided the policy trade as a sellout while liberals complained that ending the ban would serve Big Oil.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2018
  • But pressure groups pushing for a ban have gathered support from mostly liberal lawmakers.
    — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
  • In several cases, including this one, the families have been backed by a religious pressure group, Christian Concern.
    — Jill Lawless, ajc, 3 Aug. 2022
  • While national politicians cower in fear of donors, pressure groups and cable television coverage, mayors can act.
    — Mason B. Williams, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020
  • In September a delegation from Human Rights Watch, an international pressure group, was admitted for the first time since 2010.
    — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Synthetic microfiber pollution is at least five times more prevalent than plastic microbeads and bags and could be reduced through an instrument similar to the Landfill Tax, according to the Green Alliance, a pressure group.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2018
  • The months-long legal battle between Alfie's parents, backed by a Christian pressure group, and his doctors has drawn interventions from the pope and Italian authorities, who support the parents' desire to have their son treated in Italy.
    — Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018
  • There is a big difference between running a political party and running a glorified pressure group.
    — The Economist, 7 June 2019
  • The long legal battle between Alfie’s parents, backed by a Christian pressure group, and his doctors has drawn international attention.
    — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Labour First, a moderate pressure group, complained loudly that the left had stitched up the conference by denying speaking roles to centrists, most notably Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London (the organisers eventually relented).
    — The Economist, 30 Sep. 2017
  • The curatorial letter was followed by another from a new pressure group calling itself A Better Guggenheim, composed of current and former employees.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2022
  • In high pressure group decision-making, attempts by members to reduce the stress associated with decision-making often results in groupthink and bad decisions.
    — Avi Dan, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
  • And even in Pyongyang, Western and South Korean pressure groups attest, the deadening totalitarian system is as intrusive as ever.
    — The Economist, 26 May 2018
  • And according to Ivan Oransky, co-founder of Retraction Watch, a pressure group, questionable journals now also occasionally retract articles in a bid to appear responsible, in what can only be described as a superb piece of subterfuge.
    — The Economist, 21 June 2018

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