Thesaurus results for WEIGHS (UPON)

weighs (upon)

verb

present tense third-person singular of weigh (upon)

as in bears (down)

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pressures

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When Andrew Dismukes’ character repeatedly pressures his dad to try the titular dish, Gillis steps in to put an end to the interrogation.

— Anna Tingley, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
The feature is designed to help with active social engineering scams, where someone pressures or guides you into doing something yourself.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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