Examples of 'have pushed back' in a sentence

Meaning of "have pushed back"

have pushed back: to resist, delay, or oppose something. This phrase is often used in a figurative sense to describe overcoming obstacles or challenges

How to use "have pushed back" in a sentence

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have pushed back
I should have pushed back on that.
Some states and actors have pushed back.
The flames have pushed back conservation efforts by decades.
I can not tell you how much we have pushed back.
I should have pushed back more.
But he was a big boy and he would have pushed back.
Some judges have pushed back against the government.
Hamilton clearly draws inspiration from athletes who have pushed back time.
And women have pushed back.
I have pushed back all the crews to accommodate the switch.
But successive governments have pushed back this payment.
Some locals have pushed back against the development of their area.
But he was a big boy and he would have pushed back if he wanted to.
These fires have pushed back field conservation efforts by several decades.
Trains have greatly expanded the reach of civilization and have pushed back the frontier.

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Some businesses have pushed back against what they consider excessive regulation.
However government officials have denied the claim and said they have pushed back the insurgents.
The area is where police have pushed back demonstrators from the liaison office.
We have pushed the limits of holo-technology and they have pushed back.
Discover athletes who have pushed back many boundaries and are admired around the world.
We have pushed the limits of holo - technology and they have pushed back.
Why some women have pushed back against the taboo of first trimester pregnancy announcements.
Canada and Mexico have pushed back.
You have pushed back the English to the Nile.
I guess I should have pushed back more when.
Critics have pushed back against herbicide-tolerant GMOs and glyphosate over the years.
Because I really should have pushed back harder.
Some critics have pushed back against the idea, even calling it racial profiling.
They have taken over this land, have pushed back the natives.
We have pushed back the release of our book to Madeleine 's birthday.
Yet, several of us have pushed back against you.
Almost the level of a Gandhian pacifism, not to have pushed back.
It is they who have pushed back a brutal campaign like Salwa Judum.
While Davuluri may not have been provoked by the racist comments, others have pushed back.
Or how could he have pushed back the heavy stone in such a state?
Anybody put chains on me ♪ I guess I should have pushed back more when.
Many Saudi citizens have pushed back against calls for the app 's removal.
Over and over and over… I can't tell you how much we have pushed back.
However, it seems that producers have pushed back a little bit their plans.
We have pushed back the wedding . - Oh please.
For this reason, some legislators have pushed back against the hard line.
I should have pushed back on that. She never thinks she's good enough.
However, supporters of Kavanaugh have pushed back against that argument.
We have pushed back the wedding. - Oh please. You shouldn't have.
But some of Mugabe 's relatives have pushed back against that plan.
Senior officials have pushed back against their commander in chief since George Washington 's day.
That was a mistake, and I should have pushed back on it more.
I guess I should have pushed back more when corporate made me hire her, but I just thought.
I'm sure I would have pushed back.
If I knew, I would have pushed back my flight by a few days.

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