thrust

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But last month Ms. Ballard was thrust from obscurity into notoriety when Hachette, her publisher, announced that it was canceling her book “Shy Girl” over accusations that it was generated by artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The 14-foot-tall engines from L3Harris Technologies each generate around 500,000 pounds of thrust.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The four RS 25 engines and twin solid rocket boosters lit up, driving more than 8.8 million pounds of thrust into the Florida evening sky.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

It was the first officially confirmed high-thrust solid-fuel engine test since September last year, when state media said an engine generated a maximum thrust of 1,971 kilonewtons.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

There was a big patch of bracken; he thrust the griffin into it, and the creature curled into a ball, quivering.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell