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pump

[puhmp] / pʌmp /




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Proton pump inhibitors reduce stomach acid and are often prescribed for acid reflux and related conditions.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

A Berlin Heart is a type of ventricular assist device, external - an air-driven pump that sits outside the body and takes over the job of the heart by pumping blood around the body.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

But that hasn’t stopped him from using his notoriety to sell merch and pump his $CHUD scamcoin while winking to his online flock.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

Now he’s pulling up to the gas pump, WSJ reporters Becky Peterson and Jennifer Hiller write.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

I worked the pump frantically, so that two rounds ejected out and onto the ground unfired.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

Mining ventures are picking patriotic names as Uncle Sam pumps billions into the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Power cuts mean that water pumps grind to a halt.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

Family Nursing and Home Care said it had purchased 10 hospital-grade breast pumps and single-use pump kits.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The hospital-grade pumps and pump kits have been bought from funding provided by the Jersey Community Foundation, bosses said.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

For an hour and a half, while Dad manned the pumps with his handkerchief, the woman struggled to keep her family together.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

A new scientific assessment finds California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is in poor ecological health, and that a big reason is the amount of water being pumped out.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The social media videos pumped out by many of the city's venues including the newest "pop-ups" made a star out of Charlie the Pug, and everyone green with envy if they missed the latest singalong.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

However, concerns about the sustainability of the AI boom and questions over the eye-watering sums pumped into the sector continue to dog traders, as tech firms bear the brunt of selling.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

That oil is then pumped about 200 miles across Egypt through the Sumed pipeline, which runs parallel to Suez, to the Mediterranean.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Slopper pumped his fist in the air, being a huge fan of fresh deer meat.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

A sewage pumping station breaking down in the same month, amid reports that inmates had flushed clothes down toilets, which Mitie denied.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The nuclear power plant was temporarily taken offline a year ago after jellyfish clogged its seawater pumping stations.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Among the most important contributors are heavy groundwater pumping, oil and gas extraction, the compression of relatively young sediments in river deltas, and the weight of expanding urban areas.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

Exxon said a fifth massive oil-production vessel—capable of pumping 250,000 barrels a day—has set sail for Guyana from shipyards in Asia and is expected to begin production in the fourth quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

I went to make tea'while Mr. Diamant smiled and smiled, pumping the hands of his sons.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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