pushed on

past tense of push on

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pushed on Even with the backlash, leadership pushed on. Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026 This career path isn’t something that was pushed on her. Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026 The agreement, which was pushed on the Israeli government by the United States, involved a step-by-step process that would eventually lead to the disarmament of Hamas and the reconstruction of Gaza. Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 19 May 2026 One person was being pushed on a gurney while a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue helicopter landed in the area to help, according to the post. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 May 2026 After an Orlando shot rang off the post, Washington pushed on the counter. Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026 Advertisement The former counterterrorism director’s assertion that Iran posed no imminent threat was a key point pushed on Gabbard during a separate Senate hearing Wednesday. Callum Sutherland, Time, 19 Mar. 2026 Still, the foundation pushed on. Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026 Henley adds that the album wasn't really their idea; it was basically pushed on them by the record company. Tracy Smith, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushed on
Verb
  • The company exited bankruptcy on April 1, 2024.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 20 June 2026
  • Talk to business owners who have already exited.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Syed Asim Munir have departed Islamabad and are on their way to Switzerland where diplomatic discussions between the US and Iran are unfolding, a statement from the prime minister’s office said Sunday.
    Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • The robot is being tested aboard the Song Hang research vessel, which departed on June 8 from Changxing Island near Shanghai.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • Lawyers for the news outlets in the litigation on Friday also moved to dismiss one of the allegations in the lawsuit, a claim of contributory copyright infringement.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
  • After the public pushback, organizers moved the event indoors to the Bianchi Center.
    Nina Burns, CBS News, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • Talks on Iran’s nuclear ambitions would be pushed off into the future.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 12 June 2026
  • Delegates pushed off a final say on a policy that would ban enforcement activity on county property and the sharing of personal information, while establishing a basis on how county employees cooperate with authorities.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 25 May 2026
Verb
  • In the 33rd minute, a Dutch corner kick went awry.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2026
  • The Cubs, who have won six of seven, went 7-0 against the Mets this season, outscoring them 51-24.
    Jerry Beach, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • So who got a some fries with their shake?
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • This is the same team that got all of the hostages out of the tunnels of Gaza that nobody said could be done.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • Room had a big game with more than a dozen saves; his wife, his wife pulled out the list of haters and went on the attack.
    Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
  • The world’s second-largest consumer of crude oil, China, has pulled out all the stops to preserve supplies as the war in Iran has cut off access to more than 11 million barrels of oil per day.
    Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Losing to the Phillies, who’ve dug out of a poor start, matters more than losing to the Dodgers.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
  • Botswana has unearthed all of the world’s largest rough diamonds over the last decade, including a 2,492-carat stone discovered last year that was the second-biggest diamond ever dug out of a mine and the biggest in more than a century.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 May 2026

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“Pushed on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushed%20on. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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