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push

[poosh] / pʊʃ /






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Nonetheless, analysts expect the BOE to push back against current market expectations for more than four rate hikes over the coming 12 months, given that there is little evidence of second-order inflation effects yet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

In West Virginia, most of the criticism of the state’s data-center push comes from the lack of local oversight and the centralization of so much of the tax revenue, Eisenberg said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

That moment is exactly why rights holders have a duty to push back against any attempts for AI companies to pretend their chatbots are included in the old chestnut that “great artists steal.”

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

"We must now find the stamina to push through to conclude our discussions on all the critical topics before us," said Schomaker, the executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

But when they push off the coast with the Japanese Navy, they can’t help but wonder: Where are we going?

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

In a culture that pushes the promise of an exciting whirlwind romance, Alley Horn makes the case that boring men are a better bet.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

“One of the biggest pushes for us in thinking about getting back into oncology was addressing this unmet need.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

After "two or three hours" on the machines, Chiaki Sugai, a 56-year-old sushi restaurant employee, pushes a huge cart filled with trophies which cost her nearly 8,000 yen.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Although Antarctica's geography allows winter sea ice to expand over enormous distances, it also pushes the ice into warmer latitudes, where melting becomes more likely during summer.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

She pushes me down the bright white hallway, lined with doorways and drawn curtains and hand sanitizer dispensers mounted on the walls.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

Robinson Worldwide executives pushed back on analyst concerns that its acquisition of rival freight broker RXO could create operational overlap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Friedman pushed back on the notion that age was to blame, saying that explanation was painting with too broad of a stroke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Governments have been pushed to bridge differences but progress has been slow and major breakthroughs scarce since the negotiations began on October 19.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The company also pushed back against the narrative that external AI agents could be negatively impacting the company’s ad business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

The bed was pushed up against the far wall, and the end was right under a window that was open wide.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

He added he welcomed the prime minister's "step forward" on the Welsh government's fiscal and borrowing powers and gave his "full support" in pushing for a stronger relationship with the EU.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

She suggests that company profit margins are playing a role in pushing up prices.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Efa Akutekha, a 35-year-old digital marketing producer with about 20,000 followers on TikTok, praised Raman’s work strengthening the city’s tenant protections and pushing for an expansion of L.A.’s unarmed crisis response teams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Rolling them out to businesses gives Google experience and feedback from a narrower set of sophisticated users before pushing them onto a bigger and more unwieldy set of consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

In the storm, in the pushing and yelling and driving, I had passed the point where they would accept me, run for me, pull for me, and they told me there in that gully.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen


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