Words similar to push

Example sentences for: push

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Emboldened rather than satisfied, the Islamists continued to push for power-a trend especially clear in Egypt.
It is tempting to push aside gloomy simulation results and to discount the significance of fiscal constraints several decades in the future, but recent good news about the budget does not mean that difficult budget choices are a thing of the past.
The second involves charities creating nonprofit venture-capital firms (“Virtual Pharmas”), which look for promising drug candidates and then push drug development through contracts with corporate partners.
Evolution among dogs has got a big push from humans.
As two soldiers mounted on a motorcycle and cab push inexorably into the frigid landscape--with flour substituting for snow--there's an uneasy mix of the trompe l'oeil and the trumped up.