Sentence examples for an extraordinary push from inspiring English sources

WASHINGTON — The White House has undertaken an extraordinary push this week to promote the confirmation of a director for the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, despite signs that Senate Republicans will not budge from their vow to block any nomination to the post unless Democrats agree to overhaul the agency's structure.

JERUSALEM — The Palestinian Authority informed Israel on Thursday that it would no longer pay for the electricity that Israel supplies to the Gaza Strip, in an extraordinary push by the authority to reassert some control after years of rule in Gaza by the militant group Hamas.

There is an extraordinary push by certain individuals to extol the wonders of thorium-fueled nuclear reactors.

In Ethiopia, almost half of children are underweight, a rate unchanged since 1990, making it unlikely the country will achieve the target without an extraordinary push.

With OxyContin's debut in 1996, Purdue Pharma began an extraordinary marketing push, including an infamous claim that the pills were nonaddictive.

As Tesla's board of directors rallied Wednesday behind chief Elon Musk's extraordinary push to take the all-electric automaker private, a growing contingent of investors, analysts and former regulators voiced doubts that the deal would ever take off.

Then there are one-off festivals such as the extraordinary Push Festival last summer that showcased black visual arts, comedy, opera and even circus.

Most economists have said the Fed's next meeting on Jan . 24-25would be the more likely occasion for any new moves to its already extraordinary push to bring down borrowing costs and help growth.

On bandstands run by Jimmy Scott, Cassandra Wilson, Steve Coleman and others, this Swiss chromatic harmonica player has been extraordinary, pushing through solos with incantatory power.

On election day Johnson defeated Goldwater easily, receiving more than 61 percent of the popular vote, the largest percentage ever for a presidential election; the vote in the electoral college was 486 to 52. Johnson interpreted his victory as an extraordinary mandate to push forward with his Great Society reforms.

The billionaire Elon Musk has an extraordinary record for pushing the boundaries of innovation.