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pumping

verb as in draw or push out

verb as in question relentlessly

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So we know that boring down to the bedrock and pumping it full of fluid can cause earthquakes.

Since 2004, US oil output has jumped by about 56 percent, the equivalent of pumping an extra 3.1 million barrels a day.

Google, he claims, is a “good monopoly” because it keeps pumping out fresh ideas.

Scott has struggled to connect with voters in the Sunshine State despite pumping his own dollars into the effort.

They perform as God made them to, diligently pumping out future patriots at 13-month intervals.

Watt's first pumping engine was started at Bloomfield Colliery, March 8, 1776.

They may be made both winding and pumping engines at the same time, if so required.

Trevithick was equally ready with the application of steam-power either for pumping of water or for boring and removing rock.

Then some genius steadied the wind pressure by pumping air into a reservoir partly filled with water.

Wheal Concord pumping engine, in 1827 had a similar air-pump.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pumping, such as: draw, drain, tap, supply, send, and siphon.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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