How to Use peer pressure in a Sentence
peer pressure
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Some may like the taste, but a lot of it may come down to peer pressure and image.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 June 2024
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Take the time to speak to your kids about the dangers of illicit substances, how to avoid and manage peer pressure, and what to look for.
—Nickolaus Hayes, New York Daily News, 16 June 2024
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The one harder drug that even gets name-checked is crack, which Michael declines to smoke even under peer pressure from his friends.
—Vulture, 13 June 2023
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Now that numbers have gone down, the folks who succumbed to peer pressure have started to watch their chickens come home to roost.
—Kathleen Breitman, Fortune Crypto, 16 Mar. 2023
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The peer pressure from other kids and even other parents is extreme.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
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Young people tend to be more susceptible to peer pressure than adults, Mueller said.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
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After the speech, Biden also gave in to some peer pressure from Chiefs players behind him, deciding to put on the team’s red helmet in front of the crowd.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2024
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There are times when peer pressure does involve coercion and when kids will need refusal skills.
—Phyllis Fagell, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
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Schultz believes the presence of the Evolv system, along with peer pressure, deterred students from showing up with firearms.
—Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
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Even titans of industry aren’t immune to peer pressure—the desire to keep up with the billionaire next door.
—Frederick Kaufman, Fortune, 30 July 2023
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In many cases, this kind of peer pressure will subconsciously help a player know when to stop if things are not going well.
—Steve Silverman, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2024
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The circumstances of the crime, including the extent to which Crumbley was involved and how his family or peer pressure may have played a part.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2023
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But those who were not or jumped in because of peer pressure or FOMO (fear of missing out) are the ones that have pulled away because they were never fully committed in the first place.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 16 June 2023
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Lacy believes that some of the behavior comes from peer pressure, with parents seeing what their friends and peers are doing for their children and feel obligated to do the same.
—Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 June 2023
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Her debut feature ‘Excursion’ explores how peer pressure sends a young woman down a spiral of lies.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 July 2023
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Bullying and peer pressure are central themes Just like the original, the new movie heavily focuses on the bullying and peer pressure teens face in high school.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
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The blue bubble peer pressure theory about teens’ iPhone preference would imply Samsung’s efforts are doomed, but hey, maybe a $1,000 folding phone is the right phone to challenge that theory with.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 23 Sep. 2023
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Ed Sheeran once succumbed to the most understandable peer pressure scenario of all time: Getting dangerously high with Snoop Dogg.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
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The peer pressure at school meant that a majority of students – regardless of their faith – believed the rumors that Mr. Paty was Islamophobic and had acted out of malice.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2024
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Not only are peer-to-peer relationships—especially of the same gender–more important at this age, but peer pressure also can increase at this age.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Bsn, Parents, 15 Nov. 2023
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On your end, there's a risk of letting peer pressure direct you toward a particular interpretation of events.
—Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2023
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Social media use is linked to bullying, the spreading of rumors, peer pressure, and an unrealistic view of other people's lives.
—Tanay Howard, Parents, 13 Mar. 2024
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However, peer pressure could go either way -- your pals might also have some effective suggestions for getting you out of a financial rut.
—Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023
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Here are four common misconceptions about peer pressure and ways that caregivers can raise children to resist negative influences and make smart, healthy choices.
—Phyllis Fagell, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
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Her grisly death drew attention to bullying and peer pressure, particularly among girls, and was deemed a national tragedy in Canada.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
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But the concept had already been taken upin books and podcasts—and by politicians—to promulgate the idea that peer pressure and social media are making kids transgender or that being transgender is a form of mental illness.
—Timmy Broderick, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2023
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For girls, the coming-of-age transition encompasses joy, confusion, peer pressure, and everything in between.
—TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
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When the pair return to school after a blissful summer break hanging out together, peer pressure begins to affect the relationship in dramatic fashion.
—Yuri Hasegawa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2023
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Beyond the obvious bragging rights and the unique pleasure of claiming a slice of paradise, there's a darker, more compelling undercurrent: the extreme peer pressure among billionaires to amass these secluded retreats.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2024
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But a new backlash movement had been brewing, fueled by an emerging — and largely unsupported — belief among some parents that social media and peer pressure were causing teens to change genders.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2023
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