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thrust in

VERB

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Synonyms

STRONGEST

bury enclose fix ingrain inlay insert install lodge

STRONG

deposit fasten impact infix pierce plant plunge press root set

WEAK

dig in drive in hammer in put into ram in stick in stuff in tuck in

Antonyms

STRONG

ascend rise

WEAK

dig up

VERB

pack

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bind cram crowd lade load pile squeeze stuff throng

STRONG

arrange charge chock choke compress condense contract heap insert jam mob press push ram sardine tamp wedge

WEAK

drive in jam-pack put away ram in top off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

release

STRONG

enlarge expand extend increase leave alone lengthen pull stretch

WEAK

allocate dismantle disperse dispose distribute keep maintain unpack untie

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So locals say being thrust in the spotlight now is a bit bizarre.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

Part of being thrust in the public eye has also meant realizing that she’s become some people’s role model, especially because of the lack of queer representation in the urbano scene.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2024

In fact, fast-swimming marine mammals and waterfowls tend to forgo drag-based thrust in favor of lift-based thrust, another propulsion system.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2024

At the outset of the war, Kupiansk, only 25 miles from the Russian border, fell to Moscow’s forces before being retaken six months later during a lightning Ukrainian thrust in the Kharkiv region.Credit...

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2023

And behold! there lay his weapon, but the blade was smoking like a dry branch that has been thrust in a fire; and as he watched it, it writhed and withered and was consumed.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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