Apply
Apply verb - To have a relation or connection.
Press
Press verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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These protections on the press are not uniform in North America, they generally apply only to newspapers (and magazines) in the United States.
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Most of Nodoka's other friends, her opponents and even the press make note of her chest, although interestingly enough, this does not seem to apply to the much more endowed Kasumi of Team Eisui.
Source: Manga / Saki - The court ruled that advertising laws didn't apply to "the press", and a company is "the press" if they provide any speech which could be blocked by campaign advertising laws, so campaign advertising restrictions were unconstitutional.
Source: Loophole Abuse / Real Life Law
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