pushing

Example Sentences

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But clean air activists say more is needed, and are pushing for the government to move quickly on clean air legislation that stalled last year with the dissolution of parliament.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

"It is too easy to be able to buy and sell and receive knives in this country, and we need to keep pushing to do more," Jones added.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“It’s Easter, the Vatican is involved in pushing for humanitarian gestures on the part of Cuba as well as Trump. It looks like a humanitarian quid pro quo,” Kornbluh said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

For much of the past three years, stock-market bulls have been talking about a more broad-based rally as something that could help to keep pushing major indexes like the S&P 500 higher.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Being visible would remind everyone of how much I’d contributed, and if everything went well, my days of pushing buttons and pulling the elevator grate would soon be over.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu