pushed

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Entrenched inflation and higher prices on major necessities have pushed many families closer to the financial edge, or locked them out of homeownership.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

It had pushed for a revision in favour of the vice-president being jointly elected with the president, rather than appointed.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Instead, Owens received an outpouring of support from fellow actors and fans who pushed back against the idea that honest work should ever be a source of embarrassment.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Said Garcia: “It pushed us to show we’re a great team.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Betsie had just passed around a stew so artfully prepared you scarcely missed the meat when, without warning, Mr. Smit leaned back in his chair and pushed the button below the window.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom