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push

[poosh] / pʊʃ /






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Pilots navigating the island also face heavy turbulence, low-lying sea fog, sudden microclimates and strong updrafts and downdrafts that can push a small aircraft off course.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

"It's like you can never stand still. You have to develop and you have to push for the next level, otherwise other teams will catch up."

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

After criss-crossing the vast nation in recent weeks, the two men are making a final push for votes in the key southeastern battlegrounds of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Negative sentiment around AI has proven an obstacle to its development, as people worry about the impacts of the technology on the job market and push back against data-center projects.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

Up until then everything that had happened had made my old heart as heavy as lead, but when the little mare gave me that push it just hauled off and melted.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Like rivals, Golden Corral pushes drinks, which cost extra and increase sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Ayer pushes the emotional and physical extremes and it feels like a dirge: a forced march through the muddy Alaskan wilderness with plenty of body horror on top.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

When the Treasury market gets swept up in selling, yields increase, which pushes up borrowing costs for households, businesses and governments.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Wind pushes the floes over the ocean, causing them to drift and slowly move apart.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

I look under the second bed, and one of the floorboards pushes up just a little.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

During his tenure at Mattel, Kreiz pushed the company beyond its traditional toy business, seeking to turn brands such as Barbie and Hot Wheels into franchises that could generate movies, television shows and games.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Those colliding factors have pushed up the cost of moving crude and making fuel across the supply chain, raising the price to operate everything from cars and trucks to commercial jets and farming equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

On the frontlines in northern Ethiopia, there were signs that the Tigrayan rebels were being pushed back.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

"The door gets pushed open, I can see gloves coming in, balaclavas," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

He pushed upright, brushing coils of dry moss from his fur, never so happy to be home.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Pacific leaders are pushing for the world to stick to a target of limiting global warming to 1.5C, enhance access to climate finance, and give more attention to the impact on oceans.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Changing entertainment habits and tighter restrictions have made audiences harder to find, pushing many out of the profession.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Guilfoyle—the U.S. ambassador to Greece and Donald Trump Jr.’s former fiancée—has been pushing allies in Eastern Europe to buy U.S. natural gas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Teenagers pushing children on a carousel that stopped turning long ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

She was short, pushing five feet if she were lucky, but looked strong with working hands and black hair tied back into a braid, a hairnet covering the top of her head.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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