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When the football did eventually begin, Infantino's relationship with Trump was thrust into the spotlight when the US President asked Fifa to overturn Folarin Balogun's one-match suspension.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Powell said he was going to “keep his head down” as a governor, and this would thrust him into the spotlight.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026

It bothered Lacy, a serious artist who wrote with Kendrick Lamar and earned a Grammy nomination as a teenager in the R&B collective The Internet, suddenly thrust into living meme territory with “Bad Habit.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

As an ordinary man thrust into a world of monsters and maniacs, Neill is inherently playing with ideas about art and celebrity that reflect his own career.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

“How did you even get in here tonight, Haazim?” said Blackbridge as he scribbled an autograph in a book a fan had thrust at him.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

Tuason thrusts that sense one step further, framing Evy with plenty of negative space around her.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026

The ruling thrusts the global trade economy into new and unfamiliar terrain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Really, I think Luhrmann is praying that in a thousand years, some alien civilization will discover this footage and build a whole religion around the thrall Elvis’ hip thrusts had over a crowd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 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

Peeta limps toward me and thrusts the weapons back in my hands.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Wawa started selling gas in 1996, charting a course out of the Dark Days for good and thrusting Wawa into its “superstore” era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

That milestone was also recently hit by Samsung Electronics and US chipmaker Micron -- with AI thrusting the three memory chip firms into a previously exclusive club of around a dozen companies, nearly all American.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

That only lasts for one season before the nonprofit shuts down, thrusting both into the big, bad world.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

“Here,” I said, thrusting the salad into her hands.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin