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Recent Examples of pull away
As the Magic continued to pull away, Dëmin remained the lone constant for Brooklyn.
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
But now election deniers are in power, and the gravitational pull away from truth is accelerating.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
With the Rams beginning to pull away, Somerville’s Julian Goodridge who finished with a team-high 16 points and five rebounds scored on a drive to cut the lead to 54-48.
—Mukala Kabongo, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Diamond Hill-Jarvis (10-16, 1-7) jumped out to a 5-4 lead on three pointer by Elijah Hernandez and a basket by Anthony Elizondo, but Southwest went on a 36-1 run to pull away to a 54-12 lead at the intermission.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Feb. 2026
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
But now election deniers are in power, and the gravitational pull away from truth is accelerating.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
With the Rams beginning to pull away, Somerville’s Julian Goodridge who finished with a team-high 16 points and five rebounds scored on a drive to cut the lead to 54-48.
—Mukala Kabongo, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Diamond Hill-Jarvis (10-16, 1-7) jumped out to a 5-4 lead on three pointer by Elijah Hernandez and a basket by Anthony Elizondo, but Southwest went on a 36-1 run to pull away to a 54-12 lead at the intermission.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pull away
Verb
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This triple-zip compartment crossbody features an adjustable strap that detaches to turn your bag into a clutch.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
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These models systematically produce successful speech acts detached from obligation.—
Deb Roy,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2026
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Communities disengage when messaging feels generic or dismissive of lived experience.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Feb. 2026
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Then their subject starts to flirt with the idea of disengaging and moving to a like-minded nudist community, even relocating for a few days to test the new setup out.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Aljorna, the affidavit claimed, hit a light pole before fleeing from the car, with an ICE agent chasing him on foot toward the home.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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Several tankers fled the Venezuelan coast in the wake of the raid, including the ship that was boarded in the Indian Ocean overnight.—
Ben Finley,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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For researchers, the framework also opens new directions for studying disease mechanisms that have long been difficult to disentangle under a single diagnostic label.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Feb. 2026
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An industry source tells Deadline’s Rendering column that the message went out to third-party producers to disentangle any Google AI tools from their workflows.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
14 Jan. 2026
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Carney ordered government buildings to fly flags at half-mast for the next week.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Feb. 2026
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Two airline sources said that airlines were given the impression that the closure was done out of an abundance of caution due to the FAA's inability to predict where drones might be flying.—
Brian Dakss,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The logic behind this is that supermassive black hole binaries, which spiral together to lead to collisions and mergers, emit gravitational waves of increasing frequency as their orbits shrink, creating a background hum of gravitational waves.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Longer term labor force challenges will be found, particularly the shrinking 16-to 24-year-old population, according to the report.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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But as his show became a pop culture punchline and an enduring ratings force, Povich says the person closest to him never flinched.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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Adi flinched but passed it to him.—
Jonathan Miles,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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La Casa has a large, centralized pool; the beach is a good climb down a pathway carved into the cliff; and the grounds have a grass tennis court and croquet lawn, too.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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But even if the White House finds a ladder to climb down, that may only temper short-term volatility.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Pull away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pull%20away. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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