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pump

verb as in question relentlessly

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A valve designed to drain water from the plant’s fuel rods stuck open, yet operators mistakenly shut down water pumps, causing a partial meltdown.

Parts of East Yorkshire were flooded on Monday morning with fire crews needing to pump water away from properties.

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There are now more charging ports than gas pumps.

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The water pump went out, and the owner may have caused further damage by driving the car hot.

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Venezuela badly needs those products to produce fuel and pump its own heavier oil for export to China.

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

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