pusher

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Recent Examples of pusher Above and below the crown were rocker-style pushers that allowed for quick adjustment of the day and date. Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2024 Policymakers have made significant strides in protecting at-risk individuals from predatory debt pushers. Jarred Kessler, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024 Buttercream dresses, button-down shirts with oversized collars, peddle pushers, and whimsical hair accessories are just a few of the Danish trends that reigned supreme at Copenhagen Fashion Week this season. Megan O'Sullivan, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2024 The Balkan cartels have become among the most powerful drug pushers in Europe in recent years. Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for pusher 
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Noun
  • The momentum shows no signs of slowing — among seasoned traders and newcomers alike.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • As of Wednesday, Wall Street traders were nearly unanimous that the Fed would cut the federal funds rate, which acts as a benchmark for other borrowing rates in the economy, by a quarter-point.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Jordanian troops opened fire, killing twenty-seven smugglers and wounding several others.
    Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Then Egyptian smugglers take them to the city of Aswan.
    Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The man ran northwest and jumped fences, witnesses told police.
    Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Just past his backyard fence, gray billows of smoke filled the sky above the ridgeline and flames could be seen chewing through sagebrush just a couple miles away.
    Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Spikes in methanol poisonings are common in Iran, where ordinary alcohol can’t be sold or consumed and bootleggers often use industrial methanol to produce homemade alcoholic drinks instead.
    ByKai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The dynamic echoed commercial theater’s current love affair with missing-the-point adaptations of The Great Gatsby, a Faust story of its own with a bootlegger as the Devil.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Early cinematic collaborations full of colorful characters like drug addicts and street hustlers include in 1965 Space and My Hustler, a year later with The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound and San Diego Surf and Lonesome Cowboys in 1968.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2024
  • However, the day following the fight, the robbery, a hustler named Chicken Man (Kevin Hart) and Atlanta’s first Black detective, J.D. Hudson (Don Cheadle), were front page news.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024

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“Pusher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pusher. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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