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It's a particularly bad idea when you have already declared war on the press, and the press is angling to establish a good working relationship and access to the next (Obama) administration.

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  1. transitive verb To exert steady weight or force against; bear down on.
  2. transitive verb To squeeze the juice or other contents from.
  3. transitive verb To extract (juice, for example) by squeezing or compressing.
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  • Placing a cylindrical coupling box of cast-iron on the table of the press, and then placing the thick cake of iron on it, and a short cylindrical mass of iron (somewhat of the size and form of a Stilton Cheese) on the iron cake, the coupling box acting as the Bolster of the extemporised punching machine,—the press was then set to work. —  James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.
  • In all popular governments the press is the most ready channel by which the opinions and the passions of the few are communicated to the many; and of the press, the two great parties forming in the United States sought to avail themselves. —  Life And Times Of Washington, Volume 2
  • Some seem to think that the press is a watchdog over the government: —  Big Dogs House
  • Now the press is asking Serena and Venus Williams and other top seeds if they will walk away from the games since their league didn't. —  Articles
  • Only questions from members of the press will be answered. —  Think Progress
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newspaper ·  medium ·  official ·  paper ·  government ·  police ·  machine ·  print ·  organization ·  news ·  market ·  group

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press:   presses ·  pressing ·  pressed
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  1. Middle English pressen, from Old French presser, from Latin pressāre, frequentative of premere, to press; see per-4 in Indo-European roots.
  2. Alteration of obsolete prest, to hire for military service by advance payment, from Middle English, enlistment money, loan, from Old French, from prester, to lend, from Medieval Latin praestāre, from Latin, to furnish, from praestō, present, at hand; see ghes- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also prease, preace; from Middle English pressen, presen, precer, from Old French presser, French presser = Spanish prensar, a-prensar = Portuguese a-pressar = Italian pressare, press, = Dutch pressen = Old High German pressōn, bressōn, Middle High German G. pressen = Swedish prässa = Danish presse, from Latin pressare, press, freq. of premere, past participle pressus, press, hold fast, cover, crowd, compress, contract, etc. (in a great variety of uses); no cognate forms found. From Latin premere are also ult. appress, compress, depress, express, impress, oppress, repress, suppress, etc., print, imprint, etc., imprimatur, reprimand, sprain, etc., with numerous derivatives.
  2. Early modern English also presse, prese, prease, preace; from Middle English presse, prese, pres, prees, a throng, from Old French presse, a crowd, throng, etc., French presse, a crowd, throng, urgency, a press (machine), a printing-press, the press (printing), etc., = Provencal Portuguese Italian pressa = Spanish prensa = Old High German pressa, Middle High German G. presse = Swedish präss = Danish presse (after F.), press, etc.; from Middle Latin pressa, pressing (violence), feminine of Latin pressus, past participle of premere, press: see press, v.
  3. A verb due to confusion of press- in press-gang, press-money, erroneously used for *prest-gang, prest-money, etc., with press, force, etc. So impress, and F. presser, in like sense.
  4. from press, v.
 

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