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as in to shove
to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one
I had to push my damaged bike all the way home
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as in campaign
a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal
an unprecedented push to pass stronger gun control measures
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Recent Examples of push
Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
Trump has pushed and exceeded the limits of executive power.
—Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
While that verdict went against the car manufacturer, the autonomous vehicle lobby is currently pouring millions into its push to advance the industry and shape the legal frameworks around these cars.
—Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Officer Hadel is then seen pushing Brown back two times.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
Trump has pushed and exceeded the limits of executive power.
—Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
With the Sharks still outside of a playoff spot, Grier might not be a massive buyer before Friday’s noon deadline, but there might also be a temptation to keep the team’s pending unrestricted free agents for a playoff push.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
While that verdict went against the car manufacturer, the autonomous vehicle lobby is currently pouring millions into its push to advance the industry and shape the legal frameworks around these cars.
—Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for push
Verb
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The singer then broke down in hysterical laughter, falling onto the table in front of her and shoving her microphone away.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Mar. 2026
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Johnson then gripped the child by the neck and shoved a bottle repeatedly in and out of the baby’s mouth.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
6 Mar. 2026
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This technical pivot would allow nations to squeeze every profitable drop from their own land with surgical precision, bypassing the geopolitical chaos of distant chokepoints and securing a future defined by Decentralized Techno-Resource Sovereignty.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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When residents are this squeezed, City Hall’s predictable response has been to charge us more.—
Bradley Schnell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2026
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The resulting back and forth on social media, between the campaign and its liberal critics, consumed much of the race’s final days.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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Gimble, a former Texas State Guard member and McLennan County district clerk who currently serves on the Texas Judicial Council, ran on a platform that emphasizes border security and Second Amendment rights, according to his campaign website.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Mar. 2026
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Light drives the leap The team initially expected the robot to jump only a handful of times under continuous illumination.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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On the next possession, Nembhard drove past Jones again and found himself in the paint.—
Mike Curtis,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Council members LaWana Slack-Mayfield, Malcolm Graham and Joi Mayo, whose west Charlotte District 3 contains most of the affected part of I-77, pressed the agency on its slow responses to their questions, asked in November, shortly after NCDOT released its maps for the first time.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2026
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Kennedy has spent months pressing schools to increase nutrition education, threatening funding cuts for those that refuse and promising public recognition for those that comply.—
Berkeley Lovelace Jr,
NBC news,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Oil prices have surged as the war, now in its second week, ensnares countries and places that are critical to the production and movement of oil and gas from the Persian Gulf.—
Alex Veiga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Without much movement ahead of him, Dowman was the one to drop into space and demand the ball.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Many cities have embarked on similar efforts ahead of big events that thrust them into the national and international spotlight.—
Caroline Silva,
AJC.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Behold the 2000s, a wild time when just about anyone could post on Blogger and thrust a young band to sudden, often fleeting success.—
Brian Howe,
Pitchfork,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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For example, the Railway Safety Act requires the rail industry to invest approximately two billion dollars to address wheel bearing failures, the cause of the East Palestine derailment.—
Michael F. Gorman,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Noem’s firing was a cause for celebration among many in Hollywood.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Push.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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