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Rule "Collocation: be in/under pressure"

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Description: Collocation: be in/under pressure
Message: The usual collocation for "\3" is "under", not "\2". Did you mean under pressure?
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Kelly is in pressure.
    Correction suggestion: under pressure
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: BE_IN_UNDER_PRESSURE [93]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-28 22:33:07 +0100)