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Aged just 15 years she had propelled Russia to team gold at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, becoming the first female skater to land a quadruple jump in an Olympic competition.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

I asked Heacock what he thought had propelled Lamphere’s miraculous sugar-pill-driven recovery.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

They called Watson’s remarks a misuse of the science that had propelled his career.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

The adrenalin that had propelled him to the crease was now causing words to gush at his end-of-day news conference.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2023

And the single-minded determination that had propelled him through twenty-five years of green- grocering in a famous ghetto of America would serve him a few last days, and through any of my meager execrations.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee