pushing

Example Sentences

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Christopher Waller spent much of the past year pushing for lower interest rates.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Treasurys — pushing yields up sharply and causing big drops in Treasury prices.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Yet that behavior keeps accumulating, pushing his parents—mother and stepfather, technically, wonderfully played by Iringó Réti and Ádám Tompa—to new heights of painful and exasperated uncertainty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

"We've just got to keep pushing on and build momentum."

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

At one point there is a long uphill grade—over a mile—and I lope alongside the sled easily, lightly, pushing gently to help the dogs.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen