pushing on
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Some credit covenants have become “a little too weak,” there’s been a bit too much pump-priming of good assets — “a little too much pushing on it,” Dimon said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
For the next two hours he watched the Inter-Con guys on the security cam pushing on doors that wouldn’t yield.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“We’re going to keep pushing on that,” Nisbet said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Another had Carlson pushing on the fact that more than 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
Since you can exert more force pulling and pushing on a lever than you can turning a crank, this is more efficient than a crank mechanism would be at lifting weights.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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