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push

[poosh] / pʊʃ /






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Does your reporting suggest whether the push for handmade ads is a permanent shift or just a phase?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Candidates spent the weekend crisscrossing their states and pulling in surrogates to make a final push for voters still on the fence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

And while training together for the big summit push by climbing a lower peak in Nepal in 2022, Nelson loses her footing in an avalanche the size of a small snow drift.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Shares of Alphabet were punished on signs that AI’s advance may encroach on a crucial part of its business, even as its data-center spending push continues.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

I push the glass back toward him, turning my head away from the medicinal odor wafting out of the glass.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

It is also likely, Hershon said, that Judge Sullivan pushes the lawyers on both sides to get a trial date on the calendar during Monday's hearing.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The asymmetry of available methods regularly pushes American women across borders to get IUDs not offered in the U.S.; afterward, they share tips for clinics and itineraries with one another online.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

I don’t mean “wrestle” like two people having an argument—a verbal tangle over tush pushes, instant replay or some other evergreen NFL claptrap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Rain enters fractures in the mountain and pushes them closer to failure by increasing the water pressure in cracks.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

And maybe that’s good, because it pushes my fear away.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

As the haze spiralled into yet another crisis for Prabowo's beleaguered administration, some officials pushed back against criticism.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Herbert’s two interceptions Sunday pushed his season total to an NFL-leading 10.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Research by the nonpartisan Brennan Center for Justice found that leading chatbots pushed back against common election conspiracy theories, including claims that voting machines were rigged, even when repeatedly challenged.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

She pushed for tighter rent controls while leading the city council’s housing and homelessness committee last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

She’d wrenched Wolf away from Tall Tailless, and pushed him into a strange, airless Den, where he was bumped around so much that he’d been sick.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

A slowdown in the economy is also pushing up unemployment and raising concerns about job security.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

I’m trying to understand your financial adviser’s logic and their alleged pushiness, because they seem to be pushing hard for these conversions.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Raman began working with slum dwellers’ organizations in Delhi, first trying to stop the evictions and later documenting conditions in the resettlement colonies, pushing for running water and better sanitation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

By "we", Bushby may have meant the royal we, or The Beast, the cart he has spent 28 years pushing.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

He’s pushing a train along the track he’s made in the living room.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison


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