pushed

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The Justice Department pushed back on those fears directly, arguing the evidence did not show the merger would shrink output.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The imagination of the market pushed past old limits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

According to the study, the extreme heat pushed glacier snowlines nearly 350 feet higher in elevation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

As the ecology director at the nonprofit Climate Revolution Action Network, the 20-year-old has helped put a stop to multiple data centers across New Jersey and pushed for ordinances to ban their construction altogether.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 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