pumped

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Welsh said: "These adverts are pumped at you when you've gone through the most horrendous circumstances - it's like walking through the door and someone's put a cot in your front room."

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

But another former Democratic presidential hopeful has outspent him overall, as billionaire Michael Bloomberg pumped about $1 billion of his own fortune into his unsuccessful 2020 White House bid.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Pure fresh water would be pumped to shore by pipeline.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

It pumped out nearly 20 million tonnes of planet-heating carbon dioxide in 2022, making it the world's highest-emitting oil refinery, according to non-profit Climate Trace.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

In 1884, at the age of twenty-seven, he moved to New York City, to be closer to the financial markets that pumped the lifeblood of the new industrial age.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson