thrust / thrust / thrust.
So inflected. *”Thrusted” is a quite common error — e.g.:
o “They thrusted [read ‘thrust’] pens, paper, footballs and jerseys over the fence top for Young to sign.” Gary Swan, “Young Already Trying to Run 49ers’ Camp,” S.F. Chron., 20 July 1998, at C1.
o “Kournikova thrusted [read ‘thrust’] her fists and racket in the air.” Don Norcross, “Anna Gets Her Guns Going,” San Diego Union-Trib., 5 Aug. 2000, at D1.
o “He lunged, he thrusted [read ‘thrust’], he parried and chopped.” Marie Villari, “Ironing Out the Wrinkles in This Story,” Post-Standard (Syracuse), 8 Mar. 2001, Madison §, at 5.
Language-Change Index — *”thrusted” for past-tense “thrust”: Stage 1.
*Invariably inferior form.
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