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pump

[puhmp] / pʌmp /




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Proton pump inhibitors reduce stomach acid and are often prescribed for acid reflux and related conditions.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

But that hasn’t stopped him from using his notoriety to sell merch and pump his $CHUD scamcoin while winking to his online flock.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

OTTAWA—Canadian inflation accelerated last month as prices at the pump again spiked higher.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

SEW also apologised to customers in Blean, Canterbury, as it said a technical issue meant it was unable to pump water.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

I splashed the dust off my face at the pump and took a nice long drink.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

What are heat pumps and how much do they cost?

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Mining ventures are picking patriotic names as Uncle Sam pumps billions into the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The update will set rules for the Sacramento River and the rest of the Delta, where pumps operated by state and federal agencies send water flowing in aqueducts to farms and cities.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

More than 9,000 life jackets, dozens of dinghies and engines and 360 pumps were seized by police this spring during a joint operation involving the UK, France and Germany in the North Rhine-Westphalia region.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Lush tall grasses spread as far as the eye could see, a rolling green expanse that was disturbed only by a few small, rusted oil pumps and by cattle grazing here and there.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

It has pumped heavy oil in California for 30 years, supplying the likes of Chevron in the state, and has developed fields in West Africa and Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

A new scientific assessment finds California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is in poor ecological health, and that a big reason is the amount of water being pumped out.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Initially it pumped PCBs into waterways in Anniston, Alabama.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

The operator of the plant, whose four reactors built with Soviet-era technology are cooled by water pumped from the Danube, warned earlier that a shutdown was "unavoidable".

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Naima was glad she’d pumped plenty of fresh drinking water from the well.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins

Investors have kept pumping money into the AI trade despite concerns around chip consumers—and to the benefit of chip producers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

A Berlin Heart is a type of ventricular assist device, external - an air-driven pump that sits outside the body and takes over the job of the heart by pumping blood around the body.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

The nuclear power plant was temporarily taken offline a year ago after jellyfish clogged its seawater pumping stations.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Among the most important contributors are heavy groundwater pumping, oil and gas extraction, the compression of relatively young sediments in river deltas, and the weight of expanding urban areas.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

I bolted for the cover of the trees, terror pumping through me.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz




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