pushes off
Example Sentences
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“It still just pushes off the uncertainty for 90 days,” Kraft said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025
They found that when a male pushes off its female partner, hydraulic pressure in front leg joints allows them to expand at lightning speed, launching the spider backward.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2022
A series of injuries affecting his left knee — the one he pushes off on in long jump — prompted Jacobs to switch his focus to purely sprints.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2021
She sprints down the runway, pushes off the table with her hands while upside down, and lands, two and a half flips later, on her feet.
From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2021
She pushes off from her toes a little too hard, which sends her tiny body sailing past a headstand and into a backflop onto the hard floor.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
