propelled
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These models suggest that the animal propelled itself through the water by paddling with its front legs and moving its tail in an undulating motion.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Biel said it was the driving that propelled her out of her comfort zone.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
We can say, in these and other cases, that something else would have occurred, propelled by the larger structural forces driving history, that would have put us in roughly the same place anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Besides a growing reliance on inputs and raw material, Chinese imports to India are also being propelled by other macroeconomic trends.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
But I still could feel the power and rectitude that propelled her out of the projects and into homeownership.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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