as in excited
showing urgent desire or interest
the whole city's so pumped for this championship that it's unbelievable
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as in bobbed
to make short up-and-down movements
the thighs of the bicyclists were pumping furiously as they neared the finish line
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as in interrogated
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 drained
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely
pumped water from the well
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Recent Examples of pumped
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
This new three-part docuseries interviews Belfort's former wife, his co-conspirators, and his victims to dive deep into how his boiler room operation pumped, dumped, and ripped off chumps.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2026
Panthers coach Paul Maurice pumped the brakes on that — at least to start.
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Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Known as Vision 2030, profits from gas and oil have been pumped into the development of a leisure infrastructure to tempt tourists and boost the level of business to local companies.
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Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
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Until that fix can be made, Ward estimated that about 8 to 10 million gallons of raw sewage a day will be pumped into the Merrimack River.
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Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
This new three-part docuseries interviews Belfort's former wife, his co-conspirators, and his victims to dive deep into how his boiler room operation pumped, dumped, and ripped off chumps.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2026
Panthers coach Paul Maurice pumped the brakes on that — at least to start.
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Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Known as Vision 2030, profits from gas and oil have been pumped into the development of a leisure infrastructure to tempt tourists and boost the level of business to local companies.
—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
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While the online retailer is serving up some excellent K-beauty deals—up to 40% off markdowns—our beauty editors are most excited about Medicube deals.
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While the Athletics hosted the Angels in Sacramento, their Single-A affiliate minor league team, Stockton Ports, hosted lots of dads who were excited to take their kids, young and grown, out to the ball game.
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The enthusiasm was apparent as the catamaran bobbed around the future site of Pier Wind, which recently received a $20-million grant from the California Energy Commission.
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Yellow dandelions bobbed in the breeze.
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Information still needs to be interrogated, narratives stress-tested and probabilities translated into exposure limits.
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While Europeans at Ellis Island did face medical inspections and some were even detained, Asians and Pacific Islanders at Angel Island were especially not welcomed; because of anti-Chinese exclusion laws, they instead were inspected, interrogated and detained in prison-like conditions.
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These plants may not thrive in soil that's poorly drained or overly compacted.
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Something uncertain, something human, has been drained like blood from this world.
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Morse, a progressive Republican from Wisconsin and an avid Cold Warrior, had been elected to the Senate from Oregon but left the Republican Party in part because of its failure to denounce Joseph McCarthy and, in 1955, became a Democrat.
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Hiking in particular requires much less guiding and support than cycling and many avid hikers are totally confident on their own.
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Thousands of fans in Mexico lost their minds and shook the earth.
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Multiple explosions shook central Kyiv and reverberated across the capital throughout the night as thousands of residents rushed to bomb shelters and underground metro stations.
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The Legislative Analyst’s Office, the nonpartisan fiscal advisor for lawmakers, recently examined the increase in state spending since 2019-20, Newsom’s first full year in office.
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The study examined how concentrated each category is by measuring the share of top 10 mentions held by the top 3 brands.
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But it's been on the court where Hargitay has proved to be one of Brunson's most enthusiastic supporters, frequently attending Knicks games at Madison Square Garden.
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Here’s help The Tartan Army took over Miami Scottish fans are enthusiastic, rambunctious, loud and — more than anything — organized.
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“Pumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pumped. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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