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  • present tense form of pump (3rd person singular).

pumps

NOUN
high heels
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Elevated prices and a renewed focus on energy security are driving demand for electric vehicles, heat pumps, and renewables.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The engine roar, so critical to Ferraris, can be provided by what the company calls an “external amplification system” that pumps the natural sound of the electric axles out to the street.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Most producers rely on solar evaporation, a process that pumps brine into enormous outdoor ponds and leaves it exposed to the sun for months or even years until enough water evaporates.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

By 2014, he had been fitted with an LVAD, a mechanical device that pumps blood around the body when the heart is too weak to do so.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Sissy went shopping with Francie and helped her buy a grown-up dress and her first pair of high-heeled pumps.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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