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thrusts
  • present tense form of thrust (3rd person singular).

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During a typical session, he does supersets of barbell hip thrusts, planks and walking lunges with 30-pound dumbbells.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

He has them doing hip thrusts, banded side lunges, goblet curtsy squats and cable kickbacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

It thrusts us midstream into the ageless, ceaseless flow of makers worldwide reckoning with life, earth and being.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Tuason thrusts that sense one step further, framing Evy with plenty of negative space around her.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

The next, she yanks herself upright, turns on a smile, and thrusts an arm into the air.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen