thrust
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It uses three connected rocket boosters to provide the thrust needed to carry large spacecraft into space.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Dillon said the "deeply concerning" Swans scandal had again thrust into focus "our responsibilities as a sport".
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
"But as an extension of the Game of Thrones world, it scores well, shifting the narrative to the stage with suitably theatrical thrust."
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Is it surprising that, in today’s culture of self-promotion, a man suddenly thrust into the center of a global pandemic would occasionally reveal pride and vanity in a private journal?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Instead of jumping, he swiveled his head and with a thrust of his antlers, cast the shadows back through the portal.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
During a typical session, he does supersets of barbell hip thrusts, planks and walking lunges with 30-pound dumbbells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
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
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
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
The young man giggled and danced about in front of Ignatius to avoid the thrusts, his lithe movements making him a difficult target.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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
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
“Here, you look,” she said, thrusting it toward me.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing thrust
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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