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Gulf leaders and their sovereign-wealth funds have pumped billions of dollars into everything from massive funding rounds by OpenAI, the $55 billion buyout of Electronic Arts and the takeover of Warner Bros.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Both India and China have pumped in hundreds of millions of dollars in investments into Nepal, and both are backing voting preparations, with New Delhi sending vehicles to aid the Election Commission.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Supply-chain issues have pumped up the cost of everything from groceries to clothing to cars.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

They have pumped coins into the Zak Crawley fruit machine in the hope he pays out in Australia and Ben Duckett is among the premier openers in the world.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

I thought the doctor might have pumped somebody's stomach and then analyzed what he found in his hotel laboratory.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath