thrust
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The engines, called Raptors, are expected to produce more thrust while weighing less, according to the company.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Around 400 kilometres away, change is already starting to ripple through the archipelago's island of Little Andaman, which Joshi has said will see the "next developmental thrust" after Great Nicobar.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Even then, the diminutive forward looked like a schoolkid thrust into an adult's game and forced to wear a shirt several sizes too big.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Nereyda said this year hasn’t been as bad as a year ago when Hernandez was first thrust into a national anti-trans backlash.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
The remedy was, to thrust them forward into the centre of the schoolroom, and oblige them to stand there till the sermon was finished.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing thrust
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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