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propelled

adjective as in thrown

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When Bridget Rose Dugdale was arrested at a remote cottage on the coast of West Cork in Ireland in the spring of 1974, it was the culmination of her career as an IRA-adjacent, self-propelled political activist, terrorist and art-heist mastermind.

The spike propelled the region’s number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to more than 400,000 infections.

When done properly, subscription-based businesses create a flywheel effect that can propel growth.

From Fortune

Now, as the transportation industry increasingly moves toward electric vehicles, Formula E could be the test lab that propels the sector forward.

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With so many people infected, and smaller gatherings propelling the pandemic, it’s easy to see how Thanksgiving could turn into a nationwide superspreading event that just makes things worse.

Fighting words like those that propelled his team to the top of the industry, but it looks like that drive might have been sapped.

Evidence of the interest of this respected figure propelled Vieira on his quest.

She was eventually nominated for an Oscar for her performance, which immediately propelled her to the Hollywood A-list.

His companions—one a woman—urge him to let loose with a rocket-propelled grenade and he fires.

But in recent years, a combination of several factors has propelled it into a leader.

This last spear is propelled by a throwing-stick, which was also found lying by it.

The great Dam at Assouan was just completed and we traversed its entire length on a trolley propelled by natives.

The pneumatic vacuum tubes which propelled the trains on the South Devon Railway, failed to give the power that was expected.

They have helped men to understand that the machinery of the universe is propelled by the unending application of power.

Coming to the first of the dim shapes, he grasped it and thereby propelled the skiff to another beyond.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to propelled, such as: flung, null, launched, pitched, and tossed.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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