Thrust in example sentence

don't you know that when a horseman delivers a good lance thrust at the bull in the plaza, or when anyone does anything very well, the people are wont to say, 'Ha, whoreson rip! how well he has done it!' and that what seems to be abuse in the expression is high praise?

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It all began for him during World War II, when at age 17 he found himself thrust into a forged documents workshop.

Four little engines, 22 kilos thrust each, turbines, working with kerosene.

Chemical rockets provide too much thrust, too much push.

The reason, I think, is that the pensioners believe they've chosen to be pensioners, whereas the young unemployed feel it's been thrust upon them.

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