thrust
Example Sentences
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They deliver powerful bursts of thrust that allow spacecraft to quickly accelerate, decelerate, climb, descend, or change position.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
This has made unthinkable a conventional armored thrust to Tehran, along the lines of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Leonor had not seen herself owning a quinceañera business but was thrust into it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Burnham highlighted the consultation on the home secretary's plans, adding: "We'll have to work hard to get the balance right, but the broad thrust of what she's doing is right."
From BBC • May 22, 2026
He thrust out his hand to show me the bent nails that had been yanked from the shipping crates.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Vocabulary lists containing thrust
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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