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push

[poosh] / pʊʃ /






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Within days, she got push notifications on her phone that the accounts had received $250 gifts from the Dells.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

As cancer cells move outward, they must push through an increasingly resistant environment.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Matty Cash: Battled all game with Jeremy Doku and though he was booked for a push on the Belgian, he managed more tackles than any other player.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

If questions about AI consciousness push people to become more reflective about treating entities and other people with dignity, that could be a net positive for society, she said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

It was hard, I discovered, to push a wheelbarrow and hold your nose at the same time!

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

After "two or three hours" on the machines, Chiaki Sugai, a 56-year-old sushi restaurant employee, pushes a huge cart filled with trophies which cost her nearly 8,000 yen.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Arista Networks CEO Jayshree Ullal sells $34.4 million in company stock amid a rally that pushes shares to record highs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Although Antarctica's geography allows winter sea ice to expand over enormous distances, it also pushes the ice into warmer latitudes, where melting becomes more likely during summer.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

A key question facing the $32 trillion Treasury market is whether additional heavy selling could suddenly spark an unwinding that pushes the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note to 6%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

She casts a handful of flower petals out, but at that exact moment, the wind pushes them back, directly into her face.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Without any guidance, markets pushed interest rates on longer-term Treasurys significantly higher, with the 10-year yield rising to 5.3%, as the market priced in an aggressive Fed with a rate hike in October.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

The changes often added a day or more to delivery time and, most importantly for ballots, pushed back postmarking, which doesn’t happen until mail reaches the regional centers.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Shares in Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars plunged Friday after it said US tariffs and strong competition from local brands in China pushed it into a third-quarter loss.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The art of papermaking is an ancient form, and as with any medium artists have pushed it to technological and aesthetic extremes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Torak gave a shout and pushed through the undergrowth towards it.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Add to those a declining catch, warming water which is pushing what Train called the lobster "sweet spot" out deeper and a shifting tariff policy, and Maine's singular coastal heritage industry is facing peril.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Of that total, $6 million has come from Aaron Sosnick, a hedge fund manager with a Reno address, who has been pushing for an expansion of the city’s bike lane network.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

A proposed state mandate and shrinking insurance options are pushing homeowners to turn a critical 5-foot zone around their homes into a buffer against wildfires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

"They look at an animal in harness and they see a trap," Lawson said of officials pushing for the ban.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

However, I also knew that pushing her to tell me never worked.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold


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