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Example Sentences
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When the marriage proposal from the family watching her at football practice came, Nisha pushed back.
From BBC
Yee, a former state party vice chair, pushed back forcefully, saying pressure to drop out of the race “would just be undemocratic.”
From Los Angeles Times
Among primary schools, the push for more practical school uniforms is largely to encourage physical activity and play.
From BBC
"We are a society that pride ourselves on continuing to work hard and going higher and pushing higher," Nielsen says.
From BBC
The final has been pushed back to 0940 GMT on Sunday, the final day of competition in Italy, with better weather forecast.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.