pumps

Example Sentences

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Previously, they relied on expensive diesel pumps to bring the saline water to the surface.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

The K-shaped pattern at the pumps could continue and possibly deepen.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

In a bejeweled white pantsuit and towering stiletto pumps, Megyn Kelly tried to work the crowd like a rock star.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

She paired that with Dior pale delphinium silk pumps.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

At the fair’s waterworks three huge Worthington pumps began stretching their shafts and pistons, like praying mantises shaking off the cold.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson