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  • present participle of push.
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pushing

[poosh-ing] / ˈpʊʃ ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
aggressive
Synonyms


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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

Related: Our financial adviser keeps pushing annuities even after we said no.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

"It's not something that we need to keep pushing to instil in people's minds," a Reform UK source adds.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 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’m sorry, La. I don’t mean to keep pushing this, but I need to know with one hundred percent certainty that you understand the situation and that you will not interfere with the gold Flash.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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