PULL AWAY Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

pull away

verb

Definition of pull away

as in to detach

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Recent Examples of pull away But there are too many teams in front of the Mets in the National League wild-card picture, with a couple starting to pull away from the pack. — Will Sammon, New York Times, 29 June 2026 The CIOs who understand that are about to pull away from the ones who do not. — Julie Averill, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026 Nneka Ogwumike and Cameron Brink helped the Sparks pull away in overtime to secure their third consecutive win. — Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026 Make physical contact Many people instinctively pull away during conflict, but Grines says couples who can hold hands while disagreeing tend to recover faster. — Angela Haupt, Time, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for pull away

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The team also solved issues caused by strong magnetic attraction, enabling robots to detach reliably when commanded.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Valya volunteers to detach Venera 7’s bathysphere, knowing that he’ll be pulled toward Venus, and will certainly die there.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Definition of detach

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Employees quickly disengage when content remains static or outdated, making ongoing governance and content stewardship essential to sustaining adoption and value.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Far from being disengaged from the city’s fiscal challenges, residents demonstrated a clear understanding of the seriousness of this issue to the future of Chicago.

— Karen Freeman-Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026

Definition of disengage

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These models are designed to disentangle the relationship between color and extinction status.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
On Sunday, June 14, the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) disentangled a relatively small humpback whale after recreational boaters spotted the animal anchored in fishing gear in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary late that morning, CCS said in a press release.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026

Definition of disentangle

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Adeline André will close out the official calendar in Paris, on Thursday at 4pm, while a number of attendees will fly to Rome for the Fendi show that evening at the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea.

— Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 6 July 2026
Norway and Brazil were locked in a tense, back-and-forth game Sunday, in the round of 16, until Haaland came flying in with that header to give Norway a 1-0 lead.

— Tim Rohan, NBC news, 6 July 2026

Definition of fly

Verb

Saving journalism — not newspapers The challenge only grew during his years leading The Charlotte Observer, where Thames helped steer the newsroom through an era of shrinking staffs, a changing business model and rapidly changing reader habits.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026
Nevertheless, the claustrophobic framing shrinks an epic voyage into small-screen content made solely for a bored child to hold right up to their nose.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

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