propel

Example Sentences

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The television genre is showing no signs of loosening its grip on viewers, who have helped propel series into sprawling universes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The team, which includes pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, has completed a critical engine burn that could propel the Orion spacecraft to the far side of the Moon.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

That helped propel Verizon Communications shares to their best quarter on record — but it remains to be seen whether they can keep the gains going.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Mr. White claims it may be possible to create a “warp drive” that would propel spacecraft faster than the speed of light by distorting spacetime using a field of negative energy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

She could even turn over onto her back, but she hadn’t figured out how to propel herself forward.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer