thrust
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He had wiped the coat sleeve clean of griffin vomit and thrust the map deep into one of the pockets.
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She bends, thrusting the calendar planner in our faces.
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Neemias Queta, a career backup center was thrust into the starting lineup by necessity and has more than doubled his scoring and rebounding.
She took her sword and thrust it into the loamy earth.
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The rare move highlighted deep political and legal tensions over immigration enforcement that have thrust the Midwestern state and its largest city into the international spotlight.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.