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

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

But history is the unseen guest at every table; the country remains haunted by the memory of the hyperinflation that devastated the economy in the 1920s and helped propel the Nazis to power.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 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 gave up and allowed the press of bodies around her to propel her to the enclosed staircase and up the four flights to the weaving room.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson