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 Delays in testing and qualifying Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine and an explosion of the rocket’s Centaur upper stage during a ground test in 2023 eventually pushed Vulcan’s first test flight into early 2024. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 That is why Connelly pushed so hard to convince Kuminga that taking roughly half as much money as other teams were offering was the right move. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 As the song played, the extras pushed each other and slammed into furniture while pieces of plaster and debris showered down in front of them like a curtain. — Sarah Shanfield, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026 Of the 40 Air National Guard sites delayed, all have been pushed back repeatedly in the Pentagon’s last three timeline updates. — Austin Fast, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 The larger-than-expected monthly increase in core prices will likely embolden those Fed officials who have pushed for higher interest rates. — Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 Reddington also pushed back on one of the prosecution's central arguments that Lindsay Clancy carefully planned the killings by sending Patrick Clancy out on errands. — Lorraine Taylor , Bryan Llenas, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Paralyzed from the waist down after her suicide attempt, Clancy uses a wheelchair, which Reddington pushed to the front of the courtroom. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026 On one hand, soaring gasoline prices this year have pushed more consumers to consider EVs, Gase said. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushed

Verb

A week after the big score, Chetal's parents were driving in Danbury, Connecticut, when several masked men cut them off, forced them out of their new car, beat Chetal's father with a baseball bat, shoved the couple into a van and bound their hands.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
A week after the big score, Chetal’s parents were driving in Danbury, Connecticut, when several masked men cut them off, forced them out of their new car, beat Chetal’s father with a baseball bat, shoved the couple into a van and bound their hands.

— Michael Kunzelman, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of shoved

Verb

Add in Braxton Berrios, the Giants’ punt returner and backup slot receiver, and that squeezed Slayton out.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026
Independent designers, once a discovery engine, were being squeezed, while the biggest brands put more investment into their own stores, creating a dichotomy in experiences that Bron felt was palpable.

— Hilary Milnes, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of squeezed

Verb

On a late October night in 2018, Andrew Luck drove home after a miserable Sunday afternoon.

— Doug Haller, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Listed as co-defendants are Josh Marshall and Robert Morgenroth, Burke’s managers; their company, Mogul Vision; and Burke’s live-in security guard, who the suit alleges drove him to pick up Celeste from her parents’ home in 2024.

— Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of drove

Verb

At least 22 people were killed and many injured when a fire tore through a crowded wedding in a Kinshasa neighborhood hall, as panicked guests jammed narrow corridors to escape.

— Saleh Mwanamilongo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Corle managed to get partly turned and jammed the rifle into the sow’s thick brown fur.

— Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of jammed

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Director James Marcus Haney crafts a propulsive portrait of Ukrainian youth living on a knife’s edge, denied the certainty of a future in a brutal war of aggression thrust upon them by Russia.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026
Born in Kansas City on March 30 at Children’s Mercy Hospital, Drajten, at 8 pounds, entered the world with a hole in his diaphragm, one that caused his stomach to be thrust up near his lungs, pushing his tiny heart to one side.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of thrust

Verb

The only men were the mayor, the three members of town council, the priest from the Catholic church, Father Michael, and the reverend from the Baptist church, as well as a man with a balding head and a full moustache, his suit pressed and clean.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
But Iowa later pulled out of the project after electing a Republican governor, while Illinois pressed ahead.

— Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of pressed

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The backstory Since its opening in 2011, the Roundhouse has witnessed—and in many ways propelled—Beacon’s ascendency as a destination for food, art, and shopping.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026
The big waves are being fueled by the energy produced by Marie, and propelled by an elevated sea level due to warming ocean waters, according to Swain.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026