Sentence examples for pushed briefly from inspiring English sources

Only thanks to momentum from community groups and the tragic bleaching of the reef had the issues been pushed briefly into the limelight.

"Shave your beard, show your disgrace, you will find that you have Mubarak's face!" When the crowds reached the palace around 6 p.m., they pushed briefly against police barricades, and officers responded with short volleys of tear gas.

Rumours that Iran had fired at an American warship caused the price to push briefly past $68 a barrel in intra-day trading.

The 10.7percentt decline in the Dow Jones industrial average since March 16, which pushed it briefly into bear-market territory on Thursday and Friday, was the worst two-week plunge since the 1987 crash.

In response, no fewer than five law firms have filed shareholder suits against Goldman and Lazard since June 16th.A chief contention of the plaintiffs is that both firms knew Lazard should have been valued below $22 and engaged in a complex manipulation to push it briefly upwards.

Its existence and media coverage pushed the issue briefly into the spotlight.

At one point a "flash crash" in the currency markets pushed the pound briefly to about $1.15.

In recent months the fuel-tax protests briefly pushed the Tories past Labour in the national polls.

On the backstretch of a race a few weeks ago in Monaco, van Niekerk took the lead before Makwala briefly pushed back in front of him.

The Knicks briefly pushed the lead to 12, but the Jazz hung tough as Boozer's replacement, Paul Millsap, scored 11 points in the quarter.

The sudden spike in the share price briefly pushed the FTSE 100 into positive territory although it eventually closed down 5.83 points at 6,538.45.