thrust
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And here in the melee in the ring, in his great moment, Rocky doesn’t boast or dance, turns away from the mics being thrust in his face.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
But at the start of the Makerfield by-election campaign, Burnham said he agreed with the "broad thrust" of the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's approach.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
They deliver powerful bursts of thrust that allow spacecraft to quickly accelerate, decelerate, climb, descend, or change position.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Riding a wave of hype and capital, quantum computing was thrust back into the spotlight last month as the U.S. government made a $2 billion bet on the technology.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Kasusu had been thrust halfway into the wall and Belet's jacket was hanging off the hilt.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Vocabulary lists containing thrust
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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