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When challenged by Palo Alto’s Amaya Bharadway in the final 100 meters, Dailey dug down and actually pulled away in the final 50 meters.—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026 That was my knee-jerk thought at the end of Hacks, as the camera pulled away from Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder walking down the Vegas strip in the final seconds of the series finale.—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 May 2026 The worker was briefly pinned between the van and construction debris before the driver pulled away and the injured worker fell to the street.—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 29 May 2026 And yet, despite all that, Austin and cities like it are clearly pulling away from us.—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for pull away