pusher

Example Sentences

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As a button pusher, he makes enough to support a family of four—even though a majority of his day is spent with his feet up on the desk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

David Hughes, representing the alleged pusher, suggested Ms Watts's attention had more focused on conversations with her friends, and the boy may have stumbled instead of pushing Christopher.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2024

They ran them twice through a trusty decades-old stainless steel mincer that the sisters’ father had used, employing a food pusher he had fashioned from a discarded piece of timber.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

Unlike most helicopters, Sikorsky’s bid uses two counter-rotating coaxial main rotors and a pusher propeller that the company says will allow for quicker acceleration and deceleration.

From Washington Times • Dec. 29, 2022

We loaded up and were off as the sun gilded the tops of the scrubby bushes rimming the dell, Estraven pulling in harness and I as pusher and rudder at the stern.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin