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push

[poosh] / pʊʃ /






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"You know, the regulator's off the hook, the operator's off the hook, the manufacturer's off the hook. And that's why you have to push back against it so hard."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Timotheus Höttges is about to embark on the most ambitious test of his professional career: trying to push through the largest public-company merger in history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“It’s a lifesaver to carry us through the storm we’re all in,” said county Supervisor Holly Mitchell, who led the push within the Board of Supervisors to get the measure on the ballot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

For example, they can slowly push a spacecraft through long interplanetary journeys while consuming very little fuel.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

For decades, long before Mount St. Helens made international news, there had been a push to conserve the old-growth forest and natural land before the loggers felled the last of it.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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