pump
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To make up for high prices at the pump, drivers cut elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The paper's cartoon has also homed in on skyrocketing fuel costs, joking that staff at the pump "don't care what diesel cost when you started driving".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
When farmers pump heavily from wells, that lowers the water table and can diminish the river.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Saudi Arabia is also starting to pump crude through its damaged East-West pipeline and load it on tankers in the Red Sea, though volumes remain reduced, officials familiar with the operations said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
“Yes!” said Jake, doing a triumphant arm pump.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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People on low incomes may also be eligible for grants to help with insulating their homes, and there are local schemes offering grants for solar panels, heat pumps and the like.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Department of Water Resources has a program that has provided funding for local agencies to buy dozens of pumps, build 12 water-catching basins and clear 600 acres of land for more basins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
It’s killing the farmers who fill combines and irrigation pumps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
As electricity fails, so do water pumps, sewage treatment, heating systems, fuel stations and mobile phone and internet networks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Becker pumps their hands again, congratulates them for helping to solve the case, promises to keep them in mind if he has other cases for them to solve.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Resting the arm on the lap overestimated systolic BP, the top number of a reading, or the force of blood flow when pumped out of the heart, by 3.9 mmHg.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
It is then pumped into a depleted oil field nearly 200 miles off shore.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The place was packed with tough-looking, mostly male bikers pumped about a huge rally they were attending.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Performing regularly on his variety show introduced her to an audience of millions, and the pair pumped out popular duet albums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
I’m always pumped before the first pitch of a game, especially when I’m batting leadoff and especially when it’s the first game of a doubleheader.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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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
Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline to Yanbu was moving about 5.5 million barrels a day before Sept. 10 attacks damaged its pumping infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The fast-fashion company became a juggernaut by pumping out a never-ending supply of clothes at super-cheap prices, creating a constant churn of microtrends for consumers to chase.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
Both excitement and anxiety warmed his skin, pumping blood hard and fast through his veins and making it harder and harder to keep still.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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