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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
This tour features the accustomed three blue-skinned performers (drawn from the dozens of actors/musicians who’ve been trained to do the various shows) plus another character, The Rock Star, a female multi-instrumentalists who pumps the soundtrack for the Blue Men’s alien antics.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
Accessories, again, were pared back—silvery dotted Manolo Blahnik pumps (again sourced by Lili Aghaei of The Vintage Marché), and long drop diamond earrings by Chopard.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2026
The skirt’s midi length place the spotlight on the shoes, which were the Jude Fame pumps in black patent leather.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Feb. 2026
The pipe carries about 60 million gallons of wastewater daily from near Washington Dulles Airport in Virginia to a station that pumps it to an advanced wastewater treatment plant.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
Adventure seekers will want to check out the park's 39-foot-tall body slides or try surfing the Pipeline, which pumps 48,645 gallons of water per minute.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2026
Hungary receives Russian crude oil through the Druzhba pipeline, which runs through Ukraine, but it is also connected to the Adria pipeline, which runs through Croatia and pumps non-Russian crude oil from the Adriatic coast.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
This type of cherry juice lowers systolic blood pressure (the pressure in your blood vessels when the heart pumps blood).
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 5 Feb. 2026
Doctors monitor progression and severity of the disease by measuring the size of the left ventricle, the heart’s muscle that pumps blood to the body, which shrinks as the condition worsens.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 5 Feb. 2026
Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
Accessories, again, were pared back—silvery dotted Manolo Blahnik pumps (again sourced by Lili Aghaei of The Vintage Marché), and long drop diamond earrings by Chopard.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2026
The skirt’s midi length place the spotlight on the shoes, which were the Jude Fame pumps in black patent leather.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Feb. 2026
The pipe carries about 60 million gallons of wastewater daily from near Washington Dulles Airport in Virginia to a station that pumps it to an advanced wastewater treatment plant.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
Adventure seekers will want to check out the park's 39-foot-tall body slides or try surfing the Pipeline, which pumps 48,645 gallons of water per minute.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2026
Hungary receives Russian crude oil through the Druzhba pipeline, which runs through Ukraine, but it is also connected to the Adria pipeline, which runs through Croatia and pumps non-Russian crude oil from the Adriatic coast.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
This type of cherry juice lowers systolic blood pressure (the pressure in your blood vessels when the heart pumps blood).
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 5 Feb. 2026
Doctors monitor progression and severity of the disease by measuring the size of the left ventricle, the heart’s muscle that pumps blood to the body, which shrinks as the condition worsens.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pumps
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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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The reader bobs along in the author’s stream of consciousness, riding crests of despair, anger, and hilarity as Toews assembles the shards of her past to investigate her will to write, which is deeply entwined with her will to live.—
Kristen Martin,
The Atlantic,
27 Aug. 2025
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When Deadline interrogates how Doctor Who can continue with millions of pounds less budget per episode, Salt again harks back to her early time in the post.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2026
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Engage with art that interrogates identity and civic belonging.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Pack drains a 3 and is up to 19 points, and Texas is on the verge of tumbling to the 10th seed in the SEC Tournament and back onto the NCAA bubble.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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Choose a commercial seed-starting mix that is loose and drains well.—
Holly McNamara,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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All of the ice cream is made in-house, with rotating flavors alongside vanilla and chocolate, plus a long list of sundaes, malts and shakes.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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That does a remarkable job at shooting steady, stabilized video, even as the phone itself shakes or rotates dramatically.—
Dominic Preston,
The Verge,
4 Mar. 2026
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The series examines the exhilarating lives of local and international professional players both on and off the field.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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This report from Bleeping Computer examines these issues in detail.—
Alan Henry,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 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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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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The video suddenly jerks away as the vehicle starts to move and shots can be heard.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Cornyn is fighting for a fifth term in the Senate as Paxton questions his conservative credentials.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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That nobody ever questions Louise is part of the conceit.—
Malavika Kannan,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Pumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pumps. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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