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U.S. companies developed technologies that can extract commercially viable quantities by injecting huge quantities of high-pressured water, sand and chemicals into the ground, cracking the rock and releasing the gas.
French Report Backs Shale Gas, Oil Production Geraldine Amiel 2011
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It's a high-pressured environment that takes its toll and burns people out.
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At one point in the video, a man stands in front of a water cannon daring it to move as a high-pressured stream is sprayed over his head.
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With such a high-pressured job, how did you find the time to write fiction?
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Students are 'people who work stressful, high-pressured jobs with a lot of constraints,' he said.
Lighting Up 2011
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It could provide a welcome break from the high-pressured testimonies he must deliver to Congress and from his fast-paced, quarterly news conferences following the Fed's policy meetings.
Bernanke to Revisit Teaching With Class on Fed Luca Di Leo 2012
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They are "people who work stressful, high-pressured jobs with a lot of constraints," Mr. Wolf said.
Melons Bursting in Air Rachel Emma Silverman 2011
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This month, the government is installing high-pressured guns that will spray deodorant on the ever-growing trash pile.
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These days, because many parents pay for private tuition, it is quite high-pressured.
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I was struck by how well the reporters performed their jobs during that high-pressured afternoon and night.
Danny Groner: Hudson Crash Required Journalists to Collaborate 2010
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