drove

Example Sentences

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Previous El Niño events significantly drove up wheat and rice prices by reducing yields in Australia and the Russia-Ukraine-Kazakhstan region.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

This time it was a more blunt, less family-friendly phrase that drove her "go for it" mentality.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

No one appeared to have been taken, but the presence of federal agents drove off customers again.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Revenues -- totaling $60.7 billion in 2025 -- have rebounded to their highest point since 2021, when pandemic lockdowns drove an outsized surge in both players and spending.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Mom honked the horn at him—three light, happy honks—and then she drove away.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold