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propel

[pruh-pel] / prəˈpɛl /


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“Partnerships with Tribal Nations,” the strategy said, “can propel our mission forward.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The television genre is showing no signs of loosening its grip on viewers, who have helped propel series into sprawling universes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Four engines are installed on the bottom of the rocket to work with the boosters to propel SLS off the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

But history is the unseen guest at every table; the country remains haunted by the memory of the hyperinflation that devastated the economy in the 1920s and helped propel the Nazis to power.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Even if those concerns were valid, it seems all but impossible to propel a spaceship with zero-point energy.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife