pushed

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Over the past few years, higher prices have pushed chocolatiers to seek alternatives, including reformulating recipes to fill chocolate with ingredients other than cocoa, creating substitutes or developing cocoa in a lab.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

During these periods, large amounts of ice are pushed quickly toward the glacier's front, often causing it to advance.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

He raised concerns about the "nutritional impact" of the cost of living, which has increased after the war in Iran pushed up the price of food and fuel.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

His attorneys have pushed to triple the jury award under a state law that allows for increased damages in such cases.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

She’d wrenched Wolf away from Tall Tailless, and pushed him into a strange, airless Den, where he was bumped around so much that he’d been sick.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver