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was pushing

  • past progressive
    of push.
    push
    verb (used with object)
    to press upon or against (a person or thing).

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Beyond financing concerns, she also lamented the "serious pushback on human rights" for those with HIV, which was "pushing people underground" and away from receiving testing, prevention and treatment.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

The two men are believed to have met in Philadelphia in the late spring of 1775, when Adams was pushing his fellow delegates to the Second Continental Congress to declare independence from Great Britain.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

The group had previously convened in London in December, at a time when the US was pushing hard for Moscow and Kyiv to sign up quickly to a plan to end the war in Ukraine.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

Glover particularly misses those test pilot days, when he was pushing the limits of the F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet in China Lake while completing a master’s degree on the side.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

He had swum to the raft, put his head against it and was pushing it forward with heavy thrusts of his back legs.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams