thrust
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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
It was a heady time for a playwright thrust into the red carpet spotlight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The speed brakes are panels that create aerodynamic drag, or thrust reversers, which redirect air to lower the plane’s speed while landing, the WSJ’s Andrew Tangel and Alyssa Lukpat write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The initial executive order was followed by two others with the same thrust.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
I thrust it away but it was too late.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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
She also vowed to learn how to peform the Heimlich manoeuvre - which involves abdominal thrusts from behind - "in case I ever come across anybody who needs my help".
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
Straightaway, “Nouvelle Vague” thrusts you into a razor-smart club and demands you keep up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
The next, she yanks herself upright, turns on a smile, and thrusts an arm into the air.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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
"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
Erosion has eaten away at the course for years, Jan Companies says, thrusting its financial future into uncertainty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
I roar over the music, thrusting my arm out and willing Woo to stop.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing thrust
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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