thrust
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They use electric fields to charge particles in a liquid propellant and then eject those particles into space, creating thrust.
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
Leonor had not seen herself owning a quinceañera business but was thrust into it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Another combatant, Mekaneck, can thrust his neck out so long that he can whip enemies 30 feet away.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
John Glenn weighed only 186 pounds, but we needed one-quarter million pounds of rocket fuel with thrust equal to 3.5 million horsepower to lift him into space and get him safely home again.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Vocabulary lists containing thrust
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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