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as in interrogates
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 drains
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely
pumped water from the well
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Recent Examples of pumps
Hypermart pumps, and off-brand gas stations, offered the same gasoline at far cheaper prices, as much as 80 cents in recent weeks, according to the agency.
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Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff pumps his fist after the Sabres' 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins in Game 6 of their first-round series at TD Garden in Boston on Friday.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 May 2026
Interestingly, the system has a spinning nozzle that extrudes and pumps two different materials through this rotating head.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026
Though initially dismissed and even ridiculed, Mitchell went on to win the 1978 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his idea that a current of protons constantly flows into the cell as the cell vigorously pumps them back out, and that this is the driving force behind key cellular processes.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
The Duchess of Sussex wore the Wolford hosiery with a khaki A-line dress by Australian brand Friends with Frank and black Manolo Blahnik pumps.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
During rainy winter months, when a holding area called Quarry Lake at the site fills up, the company pumps the water into a holding tank and then into the river.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
To give this look a more contemporary feel, pair your trousers with a lace bodysuit and pumps like above.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
The system diverts stormwater into a giant tank and then, at Fourteenth Street, pumps it out at up to three hundred and fifty million gallons a day, sending it on to the Newtown Creek wastewater facility.
—Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff pumps his fist after the Sabres' 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins in Game 6 of their first-round series at TD Garden in Boston on Friday.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 May 2026
Interestingly, the system has a spinning nozzle that extrudes and pumps two different materials through this rotating head.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026
Though initially dismissed and even ridiculed, Mitchell went on to win the 1978 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his idea that a current of protons constantly flows into the cell as the cell vigorously pumps them back out, and that this is the driving force behind key cellular processes.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
The Duchess of Sussex wore the Wolford hosiery with a khaki A-line dress by Australian brand Friends with Frank and black Manolo Blahnik pumps.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
During rainy winter months, when a holding area called Quarry Lake at the site fills up, the company pumps the water into a holding tank and then into the river.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
To give this look a more contemporary feel, pair your trousers with a lace bodysuit and pumps like above.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
The system diverts stormwater into a giant tank and then, at Fourteenth Street, pumps it out at up to three hundred and fifty million gallons a day, sending it on to the Newtown Creek wastewater facility.
—Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pumps
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Her head bobs gently, then sharply tilts at specific moments, particularly when certain words cut through the stream of conversation.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Just after lunchtime on a Saturday in November, a sea of purple braids bobs in unison, barely clearing the tops of the movie-theater seats behind them.—
Eliza Berman,
Time,
9 Dec. 2025
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But beyond its account of a family in flight, from both the authorities and its own murkier truths, Dangerous, Dirty, Violent and Young interrogates the radicalism of the 1960s and 70s, its unlikely alliances, its political legacies, and its many, many casualties along the way.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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Each workaround interrogates what sits between a finished film and its audience, and whether those filters are needed.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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For phones, there's not much that drains their battery as fast as playing demanding games, and PC games designed for dedicated desktop and laptop hardware are certainly demanding.—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
7 May 2026
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Bargain-bin potting mix often drains poorly or contains few nutrients to begin with.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Her daytime meals are pretty consistent and include yogurts, protein bars, protein shakes and protein pasta.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (right) shakes hands with visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi in Beijing, China, May 6, 2026.—
May 6,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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The show, which opens to the public May 10, examines the relationship between fashion, art and the body, giving the weekend’s pre-parties their usual mix of celebrity dressing, designer visibility and red carpet prelude.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
3 May 2026
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In her very long and very twisty new novel, the author examines a Depression-era sterilization law in Mississippi, thereby connecting three white female characters.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Constantly landing on jokes — like in its portrayal of Lockjaw and his efforts to become a member of the Christmas Adventurers Club, a powerful white-supremacists faction — siphons a sense of urgency from the film’s sketches of American unrest and white male violence.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
24 Nov. 2025
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The filing comes days after Spotify was accused in another class action lawsuit of permitting massive amounts of streaming fraud on its platform, which siphons royalties from artists whose numbers aren’t artificially inflated.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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In a viral video of the aftermath, the robot jerks back and forth to shake the glass off, showering yet more dangerous shards onto the sidewalk.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
26 Mar. 2026
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Ross’s video does not show if the SUV made contact with him, as the camera angle jerks up to the sky.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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Continue reading … SECURITY SHAKEUP — Lawmaker questions hotel metal detector setup at Correspondent's Dinner.—
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FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, there has been a major shift in Washington’s regulatory tone and outlook, creating opportunities but also questions about the longevity of changes in rules.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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