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[puhmp] / pʌmp /




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Then, with the foreboding intro and the tapping heel of a bedazzled platform pump, the delicious reveal of Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter singing “Sweet Transvestite” cemented that this experience would bond us for life.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

“Candace Owens will pump out all this information and encourage people to read it all and come to their own conclusions,” Cotlar said.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

It also plans to create more ponds and wet areas around the site which can be used as a source of water to pump onto fires.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Antidepressants, beta-blockers, proton pump inhibitors, and benzodiazepines were also associated with distinctive microbial "fingerprints."

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

I mentally fist pump and suit up to start on the defoliant.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

There is no formal queue at the pumps, they said.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

What are heat pumps and how much do they cost?

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

IDEX, which sells pumps and valves to a range of industries, said it expected to rebate $14.7 million to customers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The campaign has forced a cat-and-mouse-like game for the station operators, who have managed to restore around 80 percent of the damaged pumps to service, said Kuiun.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

He was also depressed, Mom said, because the Coalwood mine had been shut down, the fans turned off, and the pumps deactivated.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

A handful of billionaires have pumped more than $156 million into Building a Better California, mostly from Brin, who has given more than $100 million to the group.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

The social media videos pumped out by many of the city's venues including the newest "pop-ups" made a star out of Charlie the Pug, and everyone green with envy if they missed the latest singalong.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Investors have enjoyed a much-needed rally since Friday, following a month-long tech rout that slashed billions of dollars off valuations owing to concerns about the vast sums companies had pumped into artificial intelligence.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

That oil is then pumped about 200 miles across Egypt through the Sumed pipeline, which runs parallel to Suez, to the Mediterranean.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Worsley, Crean, Vincent, McCarthy, and McNeish frantically pumped and bailed with anything they could find—the cook pot, dippers, their hands—anything that would get the water out of the boat.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

It is pumping about 1.1 million barrels a day, roughly in line with last year’s figures.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

And to do it, they’re clipping some flabbergasting selections from their media libraries and pumping them out into vertical videos.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

Lungs still pumping from that touchline sprint at Old Trafford, Jose Mourinho landed at Chelsea days after guiding Porto to a remarkable Champions League triumph and declared himself a 'Special One'.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

This explained the object's colour, but not how it could be pumping out so much energy.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

He ran in terror, straining every muscle, pumping his legs, his arms, not daring to look back.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi




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