Word: thrust
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this point we made the edge of the dance floor, only to be thrust aside by Neil Plantefaber digging his way into the ranks toward a rum coke...
...left to the U.S., but British forces might well be assigned to retaking Singapore and the Dutch Indies. The big question was: have U.S. air and sea successes permitted a big change in the oldtime Navy strategy? Is the invasion of South China still necessary, or will the main thrust be directly at the Jap mainland? Even more immediate was the problem of help to China, which is close to defeat at the moment her Allies are close to victory...
Through the blackout it appeared that Patton had used Troyes, 90 miles southeast of Paris, as he had used Le Mans (TIME, Aug. 21). Pivoting on Troyes, his columns had fanned out. One thrust had stabbed toward Alsace and the German Rhineland border, 130 miles to the east. Another had cut northeast and headed for Metz, in mid-Lorraine, next-door neighbor to Luxembourg and the Reich's Saar Valley...
...shaped hill, bypassed in the Germans' thrust, was one of the division's battalions. It was in a fine position and in a bad way: it held a prized spot for directing artillery fire, and it was surrounded, raked by German shells. It had many wounded, and no medical supplies, but food and ammunition were dropped by planes...
They had shot a column over the Loire below Nantes (threatening a thrust toward Bordeaux). They had taken Angers in a drive that seemed aimed at Tours (the central supply base of World War I's A.E.F.). These threatened whatever help Kluge hoped to get from the south. They were bewildering feints, as well...