rush
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Iamaleava left the game with 4:49 left in the fourth quarter after a 10-yard rush left him unable to stand for a few minutes as he limped off with an apparent left leg injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Originally from Lebanon, Abou Sabha moved to Dubai in 2023 to tap into the city’s post-Covid real-estate rush.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The agency “has not yet reached a conclusion on this matter and will never rush an investigative process and the thorough review of all evidence,” the official said.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Tom Westley then had a rush of blood and, in attempting to heave Jack Carson over midwicket, was also bowled.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
I told her about the piano lessons with Irene, how he showed up that day, the rush he gave me.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Ryan Christianson finished with 151 yards rushing and one touchdown on 31 rushes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Desrosiers erupted for 118 yards on nine rushes, including a 34-yard touchdown run in the fourth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Too late, a UN security guard rushes in with a fire extinguisher.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Ceuta has a land border with Morocco and has seen migrant rushes before, notably in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
On this last word “ocean” the child in the middle quickly rushes around trying to find a partner and leaving one child “out” who is now the one in the middle.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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The fire department said the plane overran a runway and hit multiple vehicles near the airport, where more than 60 firefighting units rushed to the scene.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
When we found blood in our cat Gumdrop’s stool earlier this year, my boyfriend, Ean, and I rushed him to the vet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Officers and members of the public entered the canal to pull him from the water and he was rushed to a central London hospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 16:40.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The whistleblower described the entire process as “secretive, rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed.”
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
She rushed at me, claws outstretched, teeth bared like a wild beast.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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The Diablos’ opening drive began with a 60-yard rushing touchdown, created by a massive gap on the left side of the offensive line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Building on that stability will be crucial as U.S. companies start rushing to tap the bond market for funding.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Postal Service staff were rushing to meet an internal Sept. 1 deadline to get the system up-and-running, according to the whistleblower’s account.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
At the very same moment from ground level, footage filmed from inside a bus shows people crying out in distress and trying to flee as they see the water rushing down the river.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The last time, all three of them had nearly been swept out into the lake by the current rushing through the opening.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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