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thrust

[thruhst] / θrʌst /




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Every single frame of “Digger” is thrust through an extra two meta layers.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

This is a secondary combustion system that injects raw fuel directly into a jet engine's exhaust stream behind the turbine, which gives the jet a big short-term boost in thrust.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

In his second year in the majors, he was thrust into the primary role behind the plate for two months because of Will Smith’s lingering neck injury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

During flight, the AI-based policy receives information about the robot's position and converts it into real-time commands controlling factors such as thrust force and torques.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Jinjoo’s mother thrust a small wad of cash into the maid’s hands.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

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

Tuason thrusts that sense one step further, framing Evy with plenty of negative space around her.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026

Their overlapping limbs, seen from different angles, form a syncopated band of unexpected shapes that thrusts Christ’s much larger, confrontational torso toward us, emphasizing his otherworldliness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

Jake got behind the man, wrapped his arms around his belly, and gave five fist thrusts to the abdomen, pulling up as he yanked in to engage the diaphragmatic muscle.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

Ms. Paulus’s staging, set in period, wisely avoids thrusting the play ham-handedly into a contemporary context.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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

"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

The cat crouched almost flat on the ground, thrusting its head forward between its front paws.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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