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Nevertheless, this ending looks awfully similar to years past: pushed around physically, overmatched and overwhelmed by what was supposed to be an inferior opponent.—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 14 May 2025 The rest is being pushed around for industrial use, and that has challenges.—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 Yes, that WestRock plant — the big factory that looms over I-94 at Vandalia, the one with large metal beige walls and front-end loaders pushing around cardboard, the source (at times) of interesting smells.—Ben Shardlow, Twin Cities, 15 May 2025 The president-elect has long promoted the idea that the U.S. has been exploited and short-changed and even pushed around by allies and beneficiaries — not to mention rivals such as China.—Ron Elving, NPR, 28 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for push around
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