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Istanbul municipal teams and firefighters were carrying out cleanup operations at schools, football pitches, garages and other sites on Thursday, pumping water out of flooded areas and clearing mud, an AFP photographer reported.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

"My heart was pumping in my chest," he remembered.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

In other words, Manchester City's owners circumvented the league's financial regulations over a number of years by pumping money into the club that should not have been recorded as sponsorship income.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

“When surface water diversions are curtailed, the effect on streamflow is immediate. That is not the case with groundwater pumping. It could be weeks, months or years before groundwater pumping impacts a stream.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

But my blood was pumping furiously through my body, washing away any remorse I might have felt.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Not until its statement was issued later in the week was the full extent of the Federal Reserve's pumpings evident to the country.

From Time Magazine Archive

You stand by them—and so will I.” Judge Rutherford seized his hand and shook it with affectionately ardent pumpings.

From In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The organ of whose lagging, sick pumpings Antony Dart had scarcely been aware for months gave a sudden leap in his breast.

From The Dawn of a To-morrow by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn

But the suggestion speeded up the pumpings of his heart.

From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Richard Connell

He felt the familiar taste of disinfectant as a thermometer was stuck into his mouth and then the rubber tube around his arm throbbing with the vigorous pumpings of the efficient Vivian.

From The Brain by Alexander Blade