push
Example Sentences
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No, the picture is not entirely doom and gloom — the push for renewable energy is breaking all kinds of records, too, reaching roughly 50% of global energy capacity last year.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
Sticky inflation could push the Fed to take a more hawkish approach, and higher interest rates aren’t good for tech stocks.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
Economists have warned that a sustained rise in oil prices could push up transport and food costs, pushing households and businesses to cut back spending in other areas and leading to wider slowdown.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
But she is in a fairly high income-tax bracket, and withdrawing the funds within 10 years as required by law could push it higher.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Though there is still a raft of floating logs that moves from one side of the lake to the other as weather and wind push it, fish have returned to Spirit Lake as well.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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