- present tense form of rush (3rd person singular).
rushes
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Appeared in the April 30, 2026, print edition as 'Crypto Rushes to Bail Out Lender'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Rushes to judgment seldom come at you any faster than the commentary about the killing of tech entrepreneur Bob Lee in a deserted neighborhood of San Francisco early on the morning of April 4.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2023
Rushes and sugar cane wave in breezes cooled by the pools, which are ringed by tamarisk trees and other native plants.
From Slate • Sep. 17, 2013
Rushes of air would create firestorms with “strong winds of up to hurricane force,” far more intense than the deadly firestorms created in German and Japanese cities during World War II.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2013
I observe it from the Rushes but there is no Activity & nothing conduces to Change.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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