pushing

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But Locke and its community supporters — including an array of elected officials and Tanya Ortiz Franklin, the L.A. school board member for that area — are pushing back.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Another issue is renewed interest in momentum trading, in which investors chase the stocks that are pushing higher.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Dillon Crawford, was described as "enthusiastically and aggressively" pushing his way to the front of the crowd to get to retreating police in Belmont Road.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

"Exuberance has been building for months, pushing stocks to one record after the next," said John Cunnison at Baker Boyer Bank.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

I was pushing my luck, but I couldn’t seem to stop.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu