1
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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2
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
Cory Lavalette, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
The weather, black thick cushions of clouds around us and the ocean belly thrusting us up in the sullen sky where there was never sun nor stars.
—Mark Richard, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
The vehicle took off with more thrust than Dougherty expected and he was thrown to the ground, tearing his medial cruciate ligament in the process.
—Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
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Verb
That opened the door for journeyman Ty Smith — who hadn’t played an NHL game in nearly two years before he was thrust into the lineup and onto Carolina’s top power-play unit — last Saturday against New Jersey, the team that drafted him 17th overall in 2018.
—Cory Lavalette, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
The weather, black thick cushions of clouds around us and the ocean belly thrusting us up in the sullen sky where there was never sun nor stars.
—Mark Richard, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
Blue's rocket is powered by seven of the company's BE-4 engines, together generating nearly 4 million pounds of thrust, and the nosecone of New Glenn is both wide and tall enough to launch three school buses into space at once.
—Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
The vehicle took off with more thrust than Dougherty expected and he was thrown to the ground, tearing his medial cruciate ligament in the process.
—Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrust
Verb
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So far, the fire was not pushing its way up toward us.—
M. R. O’Connor,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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The effect can potentially push the person into sending money or following demands from the scammers.—
Matt Burgess,
WIRED,
27 Jan. 2025
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Finding the perfect rose to become Martha’s namesake was difficult according to Hahn, who visited various fields and looked at dozens of contenders.—
Jessica Jordan,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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About 5% of males have complete ED at age 40, and this percentage rises to 30-40% in males 80 or older.2 Given this prevalence and the effect ED can have on quality of life, proper diagnosis is critical.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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So, when the night went haywire from game-management debacles to fourth-down heaves to doinked game-winning attempts, Burrow and the Bengals were done screwing around when the defense gifted them one final chance at salvation from an 0-7 record against teams with winning records.—
Paul Dehner Jr.,
The Athletic,
29 Dec. 2024
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The defense was ferocious, forcing shot-clock violations or contested heaves at the buzzer, creating offense with steals that became fast-break dunks, forcing 20 turnovers than resulted in 24 points.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Jan. 2025
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Los Angeles County Fire Department bulldozer No. 5 pulled in and started shoving the vehicles aside to clear the road for firetrucks.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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The Fall of Diddy includes a snippet of harrowing footage from March 5, 2016, that CNN released, where Combs is seen attacking Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel hallway, kicking and shoving her, then dragging her by her sweatshirt before throwing an object at her.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index added almost 1%, while Korea’s Kospi index ticked down around 0.1% as the country’s wholesale inflation rate for December climbed 1.7% on an annual basis.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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And then the next Ravens team will have to try and climb the mountain all over again and rewrite a different ending.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Read: The GoFundMe fires In moments of tragedy or upheaval, not all Angelenos can take their freedom of mobility for granted, in part because of how Southern California infrastructure has developed over the past century.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Ten years later, the music industry would experience upheaval of its own, with the internet beginning its ascent as the primary source for music consumption, soon cratering sales of recorded music amidst the rise of online file sharing and streaming.—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The guard told 911 dispatch that a suspicious vehicle — a dark SUV — had driven through his yard.—
Emma Steele,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Baltimore’s greatest strength lies in its people — grassroots organizations, health care providers and community leaders tirelessly working to save lives and drive change.—
Pradeep Thomas,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Wolves could choose to merely refine their roster, or maintain the status quo and allow the current pieces more time to mesh in the hopes things click and the team ascends to new heights by season’s end.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
24 Jan. 2025
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Safety features such as Maximum Depth Protection, which prevents the sub from descending beyond its 300-meter (1,000-foot) depth limit, and the Deadman’s Switch (which a passenger can trigger to automatically ascend if the pilot is incapacitated) give some sense of the technology behind the design.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Thrust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrust. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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