pusher
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The sisters of the man suspected of being the so-called "Putney pusher" have told the BBC their brother was innocent, and the police showed "no urgency" to clear his name.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
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
In 2012, after missing three mortgage payments, she was encouraged to do a short sale by her bank, Washington Mutual, a subprime-mortgage pusher and the largest bank to fail in U.S. history.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2024
“They sent my son over there as a paper pusher and then had the Taliban outside providing security,” Mr. Nikoui said at the time, according to the news organization.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
Miranda whined to the girls about how Gibbler dragged her around in the back of his Packard whenever he went to check out a strike or stare down an unproductive tool pusher.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
Playing the 2p pushers, I meet John and Sue, a couple down on a coach trip from the Midlands.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Pawn pushers at a couple of low-stakes chess tournaments in Iowa and Louisiana recently sat down at their boards only to discover a surprising competitor: one of the highest rated chess players ever to live.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
Here’s a recap of some of our favorite new record-breakers and, pardon the pun, envelope pushers from the academy’s latest choices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
Rather than depicting an urban milieu populated by hustlers and pushers, the films that arrived during the newer decade captured an emerging, well-educated Black middle and upper class occupying high rises and boardrooms.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
He climbed up the metal steps to the top of the substructure, an elevated base upon which sat the draw works and the doghouse for the roustabouts and the tool pushers.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
