PUSHING AROUND Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

pushing around

verb

present participle of push around

as in forcing

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The broader shortage has lifted chip companies worldwide — Micron reported a 15-fold increase in quarterly profits last month — while forcing retailers to hike prices for cars and mobile phones, among others.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 27 July 2026
Sharp declines can trigger a margin call, forcing investors to either deposit additional cash or sell holdings—potentially at worse prices.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 27 July 2026

Definition of forcing

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Agents instead went to several reporters' homes on the night of Friday, July 10 - just two days after the first story was published - with subpoenas compelling their testimony before a grand jury.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 23 July 2026
Cruise portrays Digger Rockwell, an eccentric oil magnate whose decisions put the world on the brink of catastrophe, ultimately compelling him to embark on an improbable mission to rescue humanity.

— Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of compelling

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House Republicans have spent recent months pressuring the Senate to take up the SAVE America Act, as some House members have gone as far as to call out Thune on social media.

— Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 24 July 2026
Landlords found other ways to circumvent the law, such as pressuring residents into making side payments and stalling paperwork.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026

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Travis Reed, who was a fire captain with the now-defunct Briar Volunteer Fire Department, admitted to coercing a minor into producing child pornography in September, according to a summary of facts in the case.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026
The Justice Against Weaponized Bureaucratic Overreach to Networked Expression Act would prohibit federal agencies and employees from coercing or trying to coerce broadcasters and providers of online services or AI services into changing content.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2026

Definition of coercing

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Power grid limitations, construction labor shortages, and community opposition to data centers are already constraining that buildout.

— Nili Gilbert, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Tuesday's vote ended with 189 voting in favor and 235 voting in opposition of constraining the president's authority.

— Alex Sundby, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Definition of constraining

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In 2023, he was found napping across a Hobart driveway for hours, blocking a local woman from getting to work, and was relocated after people and dogs began harassing him at another beach.

— Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
The group has since agreed to dissolve its nonprofit status, following a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James accusing its members of harassing Palestinians.

— Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 15 July 2026

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There is no contract obliging a customer to buy a second bottle of wine, a second pair of running shoes, or a second box of protein powder.

— Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
The Swedish parliament on Monday adopted a law obliging public sector workers to report to the police any migrants who are not authorized to live in Sweden.

— Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026

Definition of obliging

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Olivia launches her second escape by bludgeoning one of her captors with a metal pipe, grabbing his gun, and sprinting toward the red prison door.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
The Cubs have won seven of their last 10 after bludgeoning Kodai Senga on Tuesday, but fate keeps depleting them; their starter, Edward Cabrera, left the game on a cart with a hamstring/adductor strain.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 24 June 2026

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