- present tense form of pump (3rd person singular).
pumps
Example Sentences
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Broken pumps, rusted pipes, ghost towns mark Venezuela’s once vibrant oil hub.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
RAC's head of policy Simon Williams said that, with oil prices remaining elevated, drivers will "almost certainly start paying noticeably more at the pumps in the coming weeks".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The update will set rules for the Sacramento River and the rest of the Delta, where pumps operated by state and federal agencies send water flowing in aqueducts to farms and cities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
IDEX, which sells pumps and valves to a range of industries, said it expected to rebate $14.7 million to customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
To keep the excavated chambers as dry as possible, they ran pumps twenty-four hours a day.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
