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
"The script was funny. I mean, not only funny... it was as if he had a kind of defiance about the condition thrust upon him, and that was very striking," Madden said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
It was Cerimedo who helped broker then-candidate Milei’s celebrated 2023 interview with Tucker Carlson, at the time a Trump confidant, an appearance that thrust Milei into the international spotlight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Previously chair of PayPal, he was thrust into the CEO role in February to the surprise of analysts and some investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Without warning, the nereid thrust Mal at him and vanished underwater.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
It thrusts us midstream into the ageless, ceaseless flow of makers worldwide reckoning with life, earth and being.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
The arrangement with Meta thrusts AMD into more direct competition with Broadcom, the world’s biggest designer of the custom chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
If the blockage has not cleared, the NHS says the helper should try abdominal thrusts.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
Odin thrusts into its mouth with his spear, but one snap of Fenrir’s jaws, and the spear is gone.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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
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
But instead, there were four gigantic figures bearing down upon him—the bear with his fangs showing, the Macaw fiercely flapping his wings, the Panda with his fur on end, the Dolphin thrusting out her snout.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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