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as in to interrogate
to put a series of questions to
prying neighbors pumped the guileless child for information about the family's new pool
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as in to drain
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely
pumped water from the well
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Recent Examples of pump
Iran is the third-largest oil producer in OPEC, pumping 3.3 million barrels per day.
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 22 June 2025
File photo: gas prices at station pump with an inset of President Donald Trump.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
Sam Reinhart made his way to the stage on Fort Lauderdale Beach on top of Brad Marchand’s shoulders, pumping his fist and firing up a crowd of more than 200,000 Florida Panthers fans on Sunday afternoon.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025
Shoes emblazoned with a photo of Trump pumping his fists during the assassination attempt were priced at $399 and distributed to the first 5,000 buyers.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 21 June 2025
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 22 June 2025
File photo: gas prices at station pump with an inset of President Donald Trump.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
Sam Reinhart made his way to the stage on Fort Lauderdale Beach on top of Brad Marchand’s shoulders, pumping his fist and firing up a crowd of more than 200,000 Florida Panthers fans on Sunday afternoon.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025
Shoes emblazoned with a photo of Trump pumping his fists during the assassination attempt were priced at $399 and distributed to the first 5,000 buyers.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pump
Verb
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Still, the song served as a decent rallying cry, with audience members smiling and bobbing along as gospel singers filed down the aisles.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
9 June 2025
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While his bandmates pranced around the stage with black dildos bobbing from their noses and top hats jauntily cocked, Forrest would open the show in a Joker-esque getup, holding a flaming Bible.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2025
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The exercise of writing is to think about your own thinking, to put ideas into form and interrogate them.—
Lindsey Witmer Collins,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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During his imprisonment, security agents beat and bit him, interrogated him with a bag over his head and shocked him with electricity, according to media reports.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2025
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Soak rice for 30 minutes or overnight, then drain before cooking to increase arsenic loss further.—
Laura Schober,
Health,
18 June 2025
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Why Culture Matters Toxic culture can drain performance, producing distrust, low creativity and high turnover.—
Chris Williams,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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The tragedy shook the small Ohio town — and stunned viewers who remembered the Stockdale family's 2008 appearance on ABC's Wife Swap.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
21 June 2025
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And beside them, Milford, Weymouth and St. John’s of Shrewsbury also shook off their sub-20 seeding to advance at least once in an all-time showing of parity.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
21 June 2025
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Gi-hun examines Jun-hee’s swollen ankle, which seems impossible to jump on.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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The Congress must thoroughly examine this decision by the Supreme Court to find ways to legislate and protect the Constitutional right to citizenship for all those born in America.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
27 June 2025
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Then, of course, there were the jerking motions and the cognitive decline.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
5 May 2025
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More often than not, the jerking movements to get free only bring the meal into contact with more points of sticky contact.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 June 2025
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But an analysis of new data from Hubble and the European Space Agency’s Gaia Space Telescope has caused researchers to question that time frame.—
Avery Hurt,
Discover Magazine,
21 June 2025
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Skeptics will point to his physical issues and question his fit outside the Warriors’ unique system.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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“Pump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pump. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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