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as in to push
to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one
the cat thrust her paw under the couch, trying to reach her toy mouse
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as in to rise
to move or extend upward
the butte thrusts up 300 feet from the floor of the valley
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as in heave
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Recent Examples of thrust
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
26 June 2026
The shock win is a first for the Irish against India in international cricket across any format — at the 12th time of asking — and thrusts them 1-0 up in the two-match series.
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Dominic Fifield,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
Chris Evans,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
That was more of his thrust and his push.
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NBC news,
21 June 2026
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Verb
You were thrust into the spotlight at such a young age.
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Marlow Stern,
Variety,
26 June 2026
The shock win is a first for the Irish against India in international cricket across any format — at the 12th time of asking — and thrusts them 1-0 up in the two-match series.
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Dominic Fifield,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
Noun
Upon his appointment in 2011, Sabella dropped Carlos Tevez and made a big play to place Messi as his side's main attacking thrust instead.
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Chris Evans,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
That was more of his thrust and his push.
—
NBC news,
21 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrust
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That lawsuit, in part, accuses City Attorney Miko Brown of pushing airport officials to investigate a charter airline's safety record -- not because of genuine safety concerns, but to create legal cover for a city council vote that put $90 million in federal grant money at risk.
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Regulatory scrutiny is also pushing the conversation.
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Roki Sasaki’s abysmal appearance faded away in the Dodgers’ 12-7 win over the San Diego Padres on Thursday night, but only after the National League West leaders rose from a catatonic first inning.
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The rising death toll comes as criticism of the government’s response continues to intensify.
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Landing him is a long shot, a half-court heave, but what’s realistically stopping the Heat from taking it?
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But Aneesah Morrow's heave from halfcourt was short at the buzzer.
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Hakimi shoved Laryea to the ground and then Laryea pushed him and a minor scuffle ensued.
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The calming locales both complement and contradict the plot’s revelations, which are hardly bombshells but do speak to how well-to-do families labor to shove inconvenient skeletons into the closet.
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The typical age of a first-time buyer climbed to 40, an all-time high.
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Facing growing criticism over military restrictions in disaster zones, Venezuela’s interim government on Thursday defended its decision to militarize the state of La Guaira as the death toll from last week’s earthquakes climbed to 2,595.
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Was came from a working-class industrial city, making music reflective of Detroit’s technological upheaval and economic neglect.
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Unlike larger corporate counterparts, SMEs don't always have the financial reserves to comfortably absorb geopolitical upheaval and rapid inflation.
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The abnormal heat has been driven by the onset of El Niño, a natural climate pattern characterized by unusually warm waters along the equatorial tropical Pacific Ocean.
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Congestion is difficult to predict, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic, when driving behavior shifted and peak traffic hours spread out instead of sticking to the more uniform 9-to-5 workday.
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An autopsy later determined the cause of Grant’s shocking death, at just 49 years old, to be a ruptured ascending aortic aneurysm.
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Weather conditions prevented a helicopter rescue so three rangers ascended on foot, the Forest Service said.
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“Thrust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrust. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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