Examples of push on in a Sentence
the party was getting deadly dull, so it was time to push on
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Zaragoza ‘keeper Esteban Andrada was shown a red card for a rather pantomime push on Huesca captain Jorge Pulido — and reacted to the dismissal by wiping out Pulido with a distinctly un-pantomime smash to the face (above).
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Phil Hay, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
That approach, paired with more outreach to Black residents, may help increase the city’s affordable housing stock and close the gap in Black homeownership, though some city council members have urged a more aggressive push on affordable housing.
—Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
Post launch, traffic will be pushed on some roads in one direction, directed by the Florida Department of Transportation.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
The logic was clean, the boundaries felt solid, and nobody had much cause to push on them.
—Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
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Phil Hay, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
That approach, paired with more outreach to Black residents, may help increase the city’s affordable housing stock and close the gap in Black homeownership, though some city council members have urged a more aggressive push on affordable housing.
—Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
Post launch, traffic will be pushed on some roads in one direction, directed by the Florida Department of Transportation.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
The logic was clean, the boundaries felt solid, and nobody had much cause to push on them.
—Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Push on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/push%20on. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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