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propel

[pruh-pel] / prəˈpɛl /


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Raising pine trees helped families hold on to land without more intensive farming and it helped propel forestry and related manufacturing into the rural South’s dominant industries.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Fight Agency is known for making some of the slick videos that helped propel Mamdani’s campaign.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Lead author and sport and exercise technology expert Dr. Cody Lindsay says the ankle is essential for maintaining balance while also helping propel the body forward.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

Super Micro had said in a preliminary report last month that it saw new orders reach more than $60 billion in the June quarter, helping propel its backlog to record levels for fiscal 2026.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Certain conditions propel a stream of dry air from the mountains to the shoreline.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Ultimately, the company may deserve it if the AI story propels high growth for longer.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

"It certainly propels you into a world of uncertainty. Life priorities realign - you simply want to survive."

From BBC May 30, 2026

From a tour that, according to Springsteen, was not planned, it will be interesting to see what direction this propels him in next.

From Salon May 28, 2026

SpaceX’s Starship is designed to be the most powerful rocket ever built, consisting of a booster that propels a large spacecraft into space.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 4, 2026

With one push she swings the door open and propels us into the stirring city street.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

It also propelled Parton into a level of fame beyond country music, where she could remind the world again and again that, like so many people, “I look one way and am another.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Evergrande was once China's leading property developer, propelled by decades of rapid urbanisation and rising living standards across the country.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

That object was later identified as part of China’s Long March 3C rocket, which propelled the Chang’e 5-T1 mission around the moon in 2014.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

“Toy Story 5” box office performance and theme park revenue growth propelled Disney shares 3.6%.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

I propelled Charlie toward the tank, and she watched the lobsters as intently as I used to.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

The younger McCreary was the propelling wordsmith on “One Fine Day.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

All told, the Red Sox are a major league-best 19-2 since June 25, propelling them from the abyss and into a wild-card spot.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Alibaba on Wednesday saw its best single share-price gain in 10 months, as the broader Chinese tech sector revved higher after missing the rally propelling U.S.,

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

So rising property values were propelling people into millionaire status.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Then I leap, throwing every ounce of muscle into propelling myself through the air.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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