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pusher

[poosh-er] / ˈpʊʃ ər /


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The family of Nicholas Brandram have insisted he was not the so-called "Putney pusher" and have blamed the Metropolitan Police for his death.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Another popular Silicon Valley term, “SCALING,” was engraved in all caps on each’s crown pusher.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

In 2012, after missing three mortgage payments, she was encouraged to do a short sale by her bank, Washington Mutual, a subprime-mortgage pusher and the largest bank to fail in U.S. history.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2024

“They sent my son over there as a paper pusher and then had the Taliban outside providing security,” Mr. Nikoui said at the time, according to the news organization.

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2024

Miranda whined to the girls about how Gibbler dragged her around in the back of his Packard whenever he went to check out a strike or stare down an unproductive tool pusher.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

Pawn pushers at a couple of low-stakes chess tournaments in Iowa and Louisiana recently sat down at their boards only to discover a surprising competitor: one of the highest rated chess players ever to live.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 5, 2025

Since joining the House of Lords she has used her speeches to warn about proposed cuts to the civil service, criticising those who call public servants "pen pushers".

From BBC Sep. 2, 2025

Here’s a recap of some of our favorite new record-breakers and, pardon the pun, envelope pushers from the academy’s latest choices.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2024

Rather than depicting an urban milieu populated by hustlers and pushers, the films that arrived during the newer decade captured an emerging, well-educated Black middle and upper class occupying high rises and boardrooms.

From New York Times Feb. 9, 2024

June had on lavender pedal pushers with daisy buttons up the sides, the likes of which I’d never seen before.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd




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