pushing

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The European Union has pressed ahead with free-trade deals with India and South America’s Mercosur countries, and is pushing to complete a deal with Australia.

From The Wall Street Journal

REITs, just like individual homeowners, cheer lower rates for decreasing borrowing costs and pushing up real estate values.

From Barron's

Consumers might be tightening their belts, and pushing back against incessant price hikes amid stubbornly high inflation, but the staples sector has booked its strongest January gains since 1997.

From Barron's

Let’s Go Washington, a grassroots organization pushing against state government overreach, turned in a mountain of signatures for these initiatives.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street is once again putting that proposition to the test, pushing Dow’s namesake index to a level unfathomable in its double-digit days near the turn of the 20th century.

From The Wall Street Journal