lean (on or against)

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Verb
  • In a conversation with Harvard Business School, Sam Altman observes that the rise of AI will compel us to rethink jobs and society.
    Arafat Kabir, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • So when California sets new emission standards – and other states follow – the auto industry is compelled to adopt them.
    Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • That gives you a puncher’s chance against a team that runs on makes and misses and forces defensive miscues by sheer virtue of its pace of play.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
  • Set in the winter of 1591, the play unfolds across three clandestine meetings where the rival playwrights are forced into creative collaboration amid a climate of conspiracy and paranoia.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • As the night shift ended early in the morning of April 26, Easter Monday, Pilecki and his two compatriots muscled the door open and ran like rabbits from a fox.
    Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2025
  • And the president is currently looking to muscle through a settlement in his lawsuit with the broadcaster.
    Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
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“Lean (on or against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lean%20%28on%20or%20against%29. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.

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