pump up
Example Sentences
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In April, those numbers came in at multi-year highs, with fuel prices at the pump up around 51 percent since the war began, and grocery prices at their highest level since 2023.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Exxon XOM -3.65%decrease; red down pointing triangle recently outlined a potential plan to pump up to $24 billion into Nigeria’s deep-water oil fields, while Chevron expanded its footprint in Venezuela.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
The energy sector, for instance, outpaces the broad market as measured by the S&P 500 — as would be expected, since higher prices pump up the bottom lines of oil and gas producers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
These rules allow employees to seriously pump up their retirement savings, specifically by converting those after-tax savings to Roth dollars through the three-step megabackdoor Roth strategy.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025
When they were finally fully extended Jeremy felt a surge of triumph so strong it was almost as if he had managed to pump up the wings himself.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
