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Overwhelming demand on time and resources

  • strain
  • stress
  • burden
  • load
  • tension
  • difficulty
  • hassle
  • heat
  • adversity
  • demands

Exerting influence through coercion or urging to prompt action

  • coercion
  • compulsion
  • constraint
  • force
  • duress
  • arm-twisting
  • enforcement
  • influence
  • insistence
  • oppression

The effort to influence someone's thoughts or actions

  • persuasion
  • inducement
  • encouragement
  • enticement
  • temptation
  • urging
  • convincing
  • persuading
  • pull
  • inducing

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