propel
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Athletic shoe titans Adidas and Nike have been in a decade-long competition to develop a shoe that would propel a runner 26.2 miles in under two hours.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
Instead he chose a £15m homecoming, looking to propel Kevin Keegan's Toon outfit from runners-up to title winners.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
On X, he has mused about establishing a lunar base that could construct AI satellites and propel them into space.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Chinese stocks are going to rally 10% between now and year-end as accommodating government policy, low valuations and a recovering property sector combine to propel them higher.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
Mda believed the Youth League should function as an internal pressure group, a militant nationalistic wing within the ANC as a whole that would propel the organization into a new era.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing propel
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto
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Maniac Magee
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