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It doesn’t look particularly good, but for a pulpy, propulsive action series, it may have potential.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

After re-entry the booster reignited its engines and performed a controlled, propulsive splashdown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Possibly the same fear of making value judgments that has inhibited Bonnie from imposing common-sense discipline in her classroom has robbed “For Want of a Horse” of a propulsive point of view.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

That’s the basic plot of Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, a propulsive thriller distributed by Netflix and available to stream since October.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Peoples, why are they so compelsive, no, what is the word, propulsive, no, obsessive, yes obsessive!

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech




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