thrust
Example Sentences
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The unprecedented move thrust the little-known political district into the spotlight, handing its electorate of roughly 77,000 people an outsized say in influencing Starmer's fate.
From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026
The tectonic forces at work also thrust chunks of the island's coastline upward in a phenomenon known as "coastal uplift", leaving stretches of shore unrecognisable to families who have spent their whole lives there.
From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026
According to this hypothesis, the systems briefly misidentified the aircraft as being on the ground, prompting a protection system to interpret high engine thrust as a malfunction and cut fuel to both engines.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
Fujimori was thrust into Peru’s notoriously messy politics in 1994 at age 19.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
I grab a handful of twenties and thrust them toward the bearded man.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Vocabulary lists containing thrust
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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