thrust
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The situation thrust the team at NBC4 into a journalist’s nightmare — a tragedy where reporters become part of the story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Her fashion choice has thrust “artifact jewelry” into the spotlight.
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
The war has thrust Kuwait's Iranian community into an increasingly delicate situation as Iran repeatedly strikes with missiles and drones.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
One white-faced woman yanked Violet’s arms up and pulled her nightgown off over her head, and thrust a dirty, lacy white dress at her to put on.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
Liam grabs Noel's hand and thrusts it into the air, they launch into the opening chords of Hello, and the crowd practically explodes with joy.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
He has them doing hip thrusts, banded side lunges, goblet curtsy squats and cable kickbacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 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
Tuason thrusts that sense one step further, framing Evy with plenty of negative space around her.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
I’m not lying: I added another forty-two squat thrusts before Coach Reed called time.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
Bruxism is an umbrella term which groups together four different jaw movements - clenching, grinding, bracing and thrusting.
From BBC ● 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
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
The animals outside regarded these with great interest and some of them tried to make the babies laugh by thrusting their paws or their tails in through the bars.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
Vocabulary lists containing thrust
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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