pump

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Recent Examples of pump Gas would be pumped into it at times of surplus, not when supplies are tight. Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024 The Democratic National Committee pumped millions of dollars into casting them as spoilers at best and deceptive vessels of Republican subterfuge efforts at worst. Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024 Are you pumped for a new season of The Traitors‘ backstabbing drama? Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024 As the presidential election nears, campaigns associated with both Trump and his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, have pumped billions into political advertising. Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pump 
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Verb
  • Twisted Sister blasts from speakers on the street and the tourists bob their heads along.
    Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Between the jutting concrete pier and the breakwater, a line of boats bobbed gently in the waves.
    Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Some were interrogated about their involvement with Scarlett’s pay equity survey and were told their activities were being monitored, and that they could be demoted, according to the complaint.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The non-profit convened a series of surveys and focus groups with consumers and retail investors to interrogate their views on how companies talk about climate change.
    Justin Worland, TIME, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • This approach is exhausting and drains the limited willpower we are meant to conserve.
    Shane Enete, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
  • During testing, the charger’s battery was drained to half after just an hour of being plugged into a smartphone, and the phone itself was only powered to around 60 percent battery.
    Camryn Rabideau, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • When God appeared to Moses on the mountain to send him to powerful and evil Pharoah to set God’s people free, Moses shook with fear.
    Walt Shelton, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The country is shaking off its communist funk, much like its neighbors Romania and Bulgaria.
    Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • While the review was initiated to examine the leadership structure of the county’s Office of Education, the agency’s investigators quickly pivoted to the education board after hearing numerous complaints from staff, said Mike Fine, CEO of the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team.
    Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • All students are required to take fine arts and humanities courses as part of their undergraduate core curriculum, with the goal of promoting critical thinking and helping students examine problems through multiple lenses.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 14 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Your limbs, or even your entire upper body, may jerk or thrash in the process.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Yanking a zipper shut is more likely to break teeth or jerk the slider off the track.
    Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Critics have questioned whether introducing bitcoin into government holdings would expose the economy to unnecessary risk and divert resources from more stable investments.
    Tonya Evans, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Vallow Daybell's mental fitness was also questioned during her that case, as she was initially ruled incompetent and ordered to receive treatment during her Idaho trial.
    Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024

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“Pump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pump. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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