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pump

[puhmp] / pʌmp /




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Pump prices normally peak around July, Diaz said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Nearly 125,000 heat pumps were sold in 2025, more than double the number in 2023, according to the Heat Pump Association.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Pump prices have risen more than 11% this week to $3.32 a gallon, the highest in more than a year.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Yet if her aim is to be acceptable at a moms’ book club in Fairfax or Short Pump, why won’t she ditch Mr. Jones?

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

At recess Lucy invites me to play games with a group of them—Annie Annie Over; Pump, Pump, Pull Away; Ring Around the Rosie.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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