- present participle of pump.
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Istanbul municipal teams and firefighters were carrying out cleanup operations at schools, football pitches, garages and other sites on Thursday, pumping water out of flooded areas and clearing mud, an AFP photographer reported.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Firefighters reported seeing thick, black smoke "pumping out" of the property, the hearing was told.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
In other words, Manchester City's owners circumvented the league's financial regulations over a number of years by pumping money into the club that should not have been recorded as sponsorship income.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The board also limited groundwater pumping, largely by asking growers to submit plans for reducing water consumption by about 30%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Soon he was lost in capturing images of carefree children playing on the jungle gym or pumping their legs on the swings.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
Not until its statement was issued later in the week was the full extent of the Federal Reserve's pumpings evident to the country.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the suggestion speeded up the pumpings of his heart.
From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Richard Connell
You stand by them—and so will I.” Judge Rutherford seized his hand and shook it with affectionately ardent pumpings.
From In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim by Frances Hodgson Burnett
He felt the familiar taste of disinfectant as a thermometer was stuck into his mouth and then the rubber tube around his arm throbbing with the vigorous pumpings of the efficient Vivian.
From The Brain by Alexander Blade
The organ of whose lagging, sick pumpings Antony Dart had scarcely been aware for months gave a sudden leap in his breast.
From The Dawn of a To-morrow by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
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