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In his second year in the majors, he was thrust into the primary role behind the plate for two months because of Will Smith’s lingering neck injury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

During flight, the AI-based policy receives information about the robot's position and converts it into real-time commands controlling factors such as thrust force and torques.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

That thrust Beatty into one of the most heated fights of the 80-year-old president’s second term.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

The rapid development of AI and fears over the risks that the technology poses to humanity have been thrust into the spotlight by a series of warnings from executives and staff at AI firms.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

He took a deep breath and held the bridle out between his hands, then thrust it at the horse’s mouth.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

This breakup thrusts her into a public battle for her emotional security, and that would be the case regardless of whether she made it public.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026

But this is made complex by his vast cast of characters whose minds he often thrusts in and out of — sometimes even between individual sentences or paragraphs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026

Their overlapping limbs, seen from different angles, form a syncopated band of unexpected shapes that thrusts Christ’s much larger, confrontational torso toward us, emphasizing his otherworldliness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

If the blockage has not cleared, the NHS says the helper should try abdominal thrusts.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025

It was the steward who made the next series of thrusts.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

At the drop of 3 p.m., the sellers stream into the auction hall, thrusting their best-looking mushrooms at the buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

How quickly the brain and body react after tripping — with your foot automatically thrusting forward, for example, to prevent yourself from face-planting — is what plyometrics trains for.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

By-elections have a habit of thrusting a constituency into the limelight and for five or six weeks part of Essex has again found itself at the centre of a media storm.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

"The spacecraft is in great shape, and we're on schedule to resume sustained thrusting with the solar-electric propulsion system later this fall."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

Mr. Curtain said, thrusting the red helmet from his head and looking toward the window.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart