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Both batteries propel the car another 30 miles in the rear-wheel drive versions.
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The results propelled a centuries-old debate on the nature of self and other into a new, scientifically-grounded era.
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A collision shop specializing in Teslas overflows with gleaming battery-propelled metal bodies that spill out across the broken sidewalk.
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He managed to bust a few myths about his “alternative” positions on several subjects, and at times managed to sound far more nuanced than his meme-propelled, trolling Twitter feed.
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Leachman attended Northwestern University on a drama scholarship, did modeling and won the Miss Chicago beauty contest, which propelled her to the 1946 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City.
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That small lineup with Hart playing point guard propelled the Terps to an early lead and could continue to be a solution moving forward.
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Snorkel fins will help propel you through the water at a steady speed, supporting your legs and eliminating fatigue so you can explore for hours.
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It was propelled by a separate city law and requires any officer found to have used a chokehold be terminated.
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This sector is hugely important to Ethiopia, which aimed to propel its agricultural economy toward a more prosperous future built on providing clothing to consumers in the West.
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That same focus on privacy has also helped propel DuckDuckGo past 100 million searches in a single day.
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SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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capacitor

WORDS RELATED TO PROPEL

  • animates
  • arouses
  • awakens
  • countenances
  • drives
  • egg on
  • exhorts
  • favors
  • fires up
  • goads
  • gooses
  • impels
  • instigates
  • key up
  • presses
  • pricks
  • prods
  • propels
  • pushes
  • puts up to
  • rallies
  • rouses
  • sics
  • sparks
  • stimulates
  • stirs
  • triggers
  • turns on
  • urges
  • works up
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