thrust
Example Sentences
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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
Just days after its first-quarter earnings report, Moderna was thrust back into the spotlight amid growing concern that an outbreak on a cruise ship in the South Atlantic Ocean could spill over into something bigger.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
The real thrust of Terpin’s argument for bitcoin is familiar.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Columnists Gustavo Arellano, Mark Z. Barabak and Anita Chabria took in all 120 minutes, absorbed every zinger — scripted and otherwise — and dutifully observed each parry and thrust.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Each wave thrust them closer to the rocks.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing thrust
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Middle School
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Introductory
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