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Recent Examples of pull away
Give your brain a break and don’t be afraid to temporarily pull away from the social scene in favor of relaxation.
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Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2025
The impulse to pull away flits through my mind, but pulling away feels indefensible.
—Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
The Dodgers pulled away in the fifth inning with a solo home run from Teoscar Hernandez – the 200th home run of his career – and a two-run home run from Pages, who went a torrid 10 for 12 in the weekend series against the Pirates.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2025
That set the tone, allowing the Thunder to dictate the style of play and giving Mark Daigneault the ability to manipulate lineups and pull away for big wins.
—Nick Crain, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2025
The impulse to pull away flits through my mind, but pulling away feels indefensible.
—Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
The Dodgers pulled away in the fifth inning with a solo home run from Teoscar Hernandez – the 200th home run of his career – and a two-run home run from Pages, who went a torrid 10 for 12 in the weekend series against the Pirates.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2025
That set the tone, allowing the Thunder to dictate the style of play and giving Mark Daigneault the ability to manipulate lineups and pull away for big wins.
—Nick Crain, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pull away
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pull away
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This expands the air cavity, the space of air created in the water by the jump; then the cavity collapses, detaching itself from the body.—
Daehyun Choi,
The Conversation,
16 May 2025
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Those attachments detached after the shuttle reached a predetermined altitude.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 May 2025
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These are already evident in executive orders that disengage the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council, remove transgender service members from the military and privilege Christianity.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
14 May 2025
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There have been trade frictions and sharp divisions, particularly with respect to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the U.S. desire to disengage from Europe as part of a greater strategic shift toward Asia, particularly China, that began during the Obama administration.—
Arancha González Laya,
Foreign Affairs,
12 May 2025
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Three Yale professors who study fascism are fleeing the U.S.—
Eric Lipton,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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The cruel politics of South Carolina lawmakers are harming families and destroying a health care system as more and more providers flee the state.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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But Hogg, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor who aims to reform the Democratic Party, claimed Monday that the committee vote can't be disentangled from his dispute with the party.—
Brittany Shepherd,
ABC News,
13 May 2025
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Brexit’s drag on the British economy is no longer much debated, though its effects have been at times hard to disentangle from subsequent shocks delivered by the coronavirus pandemic, the war in Ukraine and, now, Mr. Trump’s tariffs.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Related: [These new flying taxis offer a glimpse at our future commutes] But those use cases are still a far cry from the vision many futurists have of personal flying cars swarming city skies.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
8 May 2025
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Bridges followed that make with a flying steal in front of his bench, then ripped the ball out of Jaylen Brown’s arms to end the game.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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Though East Contra Costa has been the hub of refinery activities in Northern California, the number of jobs in the remaining refineries was limited, and had been shrinking in the past decade.—
Michael Bernick,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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The Dow Industrials, Nasdaq 100 and S & P 500 have shrunken their 2025 losses and are all down less than 1% in the period.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
12 May 2025
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Tamar Braxton has never been one to flinch at the truth.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
5 May 2025
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But rookie Gwyneth Philips hasn’t flinched in Maschmeyer’s absence.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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In a clip shared by Variety, Stone noticed and pointed to a bee flying just overhead, and subsequently stopped posing to recoil with a laugh.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
17 May 2025
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That heartbreak reverberated across the Charlotte region as arts and culture groups recoiled at the cuts and what might come next.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
13 May 2025
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“Pull away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pull%20away. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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