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Recent Examples of pull away
Aouani led the trio into the stadium, but Petros soon passed him and looked poised to pull away.
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Zack Pierce, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
In the end, though, the Bisons will pull away.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2025
When the contest wasn’t being delayed by lightning, or impacted by heavy rains, a quick-strike offense helped Mines pull away and then end any doubt against the Ichabods.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
But as the Valkyries started to pull away again, the Storm had another run in them, opening the fourth quarter with a 10-0 run.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
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Zack Pierce, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
In the end, though, the Bisons will pull away.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2025
When the contest wasn’t being delayed by lightning, or impacted by heavy rains, a quick-strike offense helped Mines pull away and then end any doubt against the Ichabods.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
But as the Valkyries started to pull away again, the Storm had another run in them, opening the fourth quarter with a 10-0 run.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pull away
Verb
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Alsek Glacier continued to shrink, and by August 2025, Prow Knob, as a 5-square-kilometer landmass, could be seen completely detached from the glacier.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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Hyundai also recalled 31,042 2023-2025 IONIQ 6 electric vehicles for charging port doors that may detach.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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When your brand message isn’t clear on your website — which may be one of the most important interactions customers have with your brand — visitors may quickly disengage or turn to competitors with stronger positioning.—
Rolling Stone Culture Council,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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Operators who were frustrated with their teams and looked to solutions that purport to be perfect virtual agents often found their human teams disengaged more.—
Tyler Christiansen,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Routh allegedly fled the scene but was later arrested by a local sheriff's office on a nearby interstate.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
23 Sep. 2025
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The suspects fled the scene in multiple vehicles.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
23 Sep. 2025
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Claude can’t disentangle her years-ago affair with Mathias from feelings of self-recrimination and guilt, and seesaws between anger and seduction.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Justice Department has disavowed its role in his indictment, which led to a four-month stay in a minimum-security prison, but Navarro argued the department cannot disentangle itself from the charge that led to his imprisonment.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Also, there is no Santa, but Alexia’s gay Jonny is there to trash-talk Todd once more before flying home to Spain.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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The weapon can also fly more than 45 miles to strike mobile targets, reducing the amount of time that aircrews spend in harm’s way.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In fact, the housing market has become so unaffordable for these buyers, the number of first-time home buyers shrank to a historic low.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
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The strategy is shaped, in part, by the city’s structural budget deficit and shrinking state homeless funding.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Skubal, apparently flinching with the noise, balked for only the second time in his career.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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The coaches trust the 6-foot-3, 265-pound defensive end from Sugarland, Texas, to do his thing, even if coaches initially flinch at his intentions.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Some recoiled at the launch and others quit their positions.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Americans are recoiling from the Democratic Party, and even in blue states like Colorado, Democrats are feeling the burn.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Pull away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pull%20away. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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