pump
noun
an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes.
had pumped
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past perfectof pump.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Investors have enjoyed a much-needed rally since Friday, following a month-long tech rout that slashed billions of dollars off valuations owing to concerns about the vast sums companies had pumped into artificial intelligence.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
It turned out that the story was made up by the slumlord who owned the building to excuse his neglect and some of the locals who had pumped up the story later recanted.
From Salon ● May 2, 2025
Louis Martin Blazer III, whose clients included professional athletes, had pumped money into two minor films.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
It would land in Lubmin, a tiny coastal village where the Nord Stream 1 pipeline had pumped out Russian gas since 2011.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
It looked like someone had stuck an air pump nozzle under my skin and had pumped away.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
