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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
Sean Parks, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
That lowers the current year’s cap hit while pushing cap charges to future seasons.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026
Drew Kann, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Perhaps Bad Bunny’s success may even give an extra push to Spanish in America.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Traffic that never quite gets fixed, neighborhoods built faster than fire and EMS can keep up, stormwater systems pushed past capacity, and water resources strained beyond what local plans ever anticipated.
—Sean Parks, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
That lowers the current year’s cap hit while pushing cap charges to future seasons.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
The final push for the Okefenokee’s World Heritage status comes after a mine planned on the swamp’s doorstep was scuttled last year by a landmark conservation deal.
—Drew Kann, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Perhaps Bad Bunny’s success may even give an extra push to Spanish in America.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for push
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Photos show a white sedan lodged through the wall, tearing into the kitchen and leaving cabinets with the microwave attached knocked loose off the wall and the oven shoved out of place.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Officers often shove protesters out of the way, sometimes knocking them to the ground.—
Natasha Korecki,
NBC news,
14 Feb. 2026
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But, squeezed by the cost of things from rent to beef, others are shaking up their habit.—
Matt Sedensky,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Ag is being squeezed by foreign competition, rising costs, and weak leadership in Austin.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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In all, 203 of this year’s 230 Academy Award nominees gathered Tuesday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for the annual nominees luncheon, a brief moment of campaign-free conviviality amid the churn of awards season.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Sanders already has millions in campaign funds.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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Immigration enforcement efforts in Oklahoma also have focused heavily on apprehending commercial truckers driving on interstate highways.—
Nuria Martinez-Keel,
Oklahoma Voice,
10 Feb. 2026
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Duren had the ball and was driving toward the basket with just over seven minutes left in the third period when he was fouled by Diabate.—
Steve Reed,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Democrats blocked funding to press immigration enforcement changes; Republicans say those agencies won’t be affected as removal operations get adequate resources.—
Kevin Freking,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Facilitating agricultural investment, promoting scientific collaboration and broadening bilateral trade would address pressing concerns, while encouraging Cuban citizens to remain and actively participate in the nation’s recovery.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Know More The administration’s approach to the actual cases never fit the pattern of a new antitrust movement.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Thus, the robot can adapt to new situations without losing key properties of the movement, such as keeping a bottle vertical so as not to spill the contents, as per the press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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Loudermill, a father of three from Olathe, was thrust into the public eye when his photograph, decked out in a Chiefs-red sweatsuit, sitting on a curb in handcuffs, began spreading rapidly online.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
14 Feb. 2026
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Like many international breakouts, Lilleaas has been thrust into the whirlwind of awards season.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Even cursory nods to the pandemic as the root cause of neighbors turning against neighbors aren’t explored so much as they’re acknowledged, as if viewers are somehow unaware of the polarization plaguing America.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
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Fiber intake, in particular, showed a strong association with longevity, while consuming lots of sugary beverages was linked to higher all-cause mortality.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Push.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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