Thesaurus results for PUSHED

pushed

verb

past tense of push

as in shoved

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 squeezed

to force one's way we had to push our way through a crowd that was mostly headed in the opposite direction

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Recent Examples of pushed President Joe Biden successfully pushed to move South Carolin a to the front of Democrats' 2024 calendar after the state revived his struggling 2020 presidential campaign. — ABC News, 24 July 2026 Why the Navy is investing in counter-UUV capability The proliferation of UUVs among potential adversaries has pushed undersea autonomous threat response up the Navies priority list. — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026 Prosecutors alleged Stout lit a car on fire near popular swimming spots and pushed the burning vehicle down a 60-foot embankment in Upper Bidwell Park east of Chico, where the Park Fire started July 24, 2024. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 Earlier hopes for a major overhaul have largely been pushed back. — Taylor Haught, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026 Other veterans pushed back, citing similar instances of service members’ unwittingly getting offensive tattoos. — Jasper Craven, New Yorker, 24 July 2026 In the end, the document accelerated review for some drugs and pushed the government to reschedule psychedelic substances that perform well in large clinical trials, enough to persuade Rogan and Hubbard to show for the signing. — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026 The conflict on Thursday pushed global benchmark oil prices to over $100 per barrel, their highest level since May. — Jane Arraf, NPR, 24 July 2026 In 2017, concerns about click fraud, questionable attribution and transparency pushed advertisers to demand greater accountability. — Gilad Bechar, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushed

Verb

The employee reportedly walked out from behind the counter and shoved his hand away, as briefly seen in the footage.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
On the trip down the floor before the confrontation, Clark drove to the basket and appeared to be shoved by Golden State veteran Kiah Stokes while attempting a layup.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026

Definition of shoved

Verb

Tournament football isn’t generally conducive to pressing, with so many matches squeezed into such a short window, and without the cohesion that comes from club sides training together for months.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 July 2026
My problem is the kart path along the road has 3 or so feet of grass between it and the road, then suddenly the grass narrows and is eventually gone before going over the bridge and everything is squeezed together.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of squeezed

Verb

But the Seoul High Court ruled that the shares should be valued at the date that the appellate court concluded its hearing in 2024, before AI drove prices up fivefold.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Garcia drove into Elk Grove, where he was chased by multiple law enforcement patrol cars and helicopters, according to the DA’s Office.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of drove

Verb

Most of the flying drones intercepted at World Cup events were backtracked by federal agents who first jammed them and then sent teams who followed signals to the operators, officials said.

— Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 21 July 2026
Air defenses shot down or jammed 139 drones, and two anti-radar missiles didn’t reach their targets.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of jammed

Verb

That was an emotional accomplishment because Harvick was thrust into that seat after the great Dale Earnhart was killed in a crash in the last turn of the last lap of the Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001.

— Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
But only in recent years has raw milk, which once drew a fringe crowd, been thrust into the mainstream.

— Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 23 July 2026

Definition of thrust

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Lynn Horton ordered a caprese panini, pressed to be extra crunchy, with extra pesto, her husband enjoyed an eggplant caprese.

— Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
Berman also pressed his advantage as a first mover, borrowing capital from large financial firms that wanted to get into the market.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026

Definition of pressed

Verb

As usual, digital ads fueled by Google’s dominant search engine propelled the quarter's revenue growth, boosted by World Cup advertising, especially on YouTube.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
School closures have spiked 35 percent across the country over the past four years, propelled by a shrinking youth population and the end of covid-19 relief funds that had propped up education funding in some places.

— Todd Wallack, Washington Post, 20 July 2026