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Recent Examples of pull through
Yet many retailers expect to pull through the 2025 holiday season with satisfactory, if modest, gains.
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David Moin, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
In the hospital lobby, about 200 people – friends and family – kept vigil, praying Katy would pull through.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Here, at last, was the chance for the Broncos to pull through down the stretch and put away a quality team.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
The Johnsons managed to pull through.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
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David Moin, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
In the hospital lobby, about 200 people – friends and family – kept vigil, praying Katy would pull through.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Here, at last, was the chance for the Broncos to pull through down the stretch and put away a quality team.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
The Johnsons managed to pull through.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pull through
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Shah Alam, dressed in a hoodie, walks toward the officers, occasionally holding out his hand.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Mayer has been held out of game action so far in order to give the second-year infielder time to ramp up more slowly after undergoing season-ending wrist surgery last summer.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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And then there’s Emily Flippen, who became an unlikely fan favorite in Survivor 45 as viewers (and her fellow players) came around to her blunt personality.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
25 Feb. 2026
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Brannon said the mosquitoes could multiply by the time summer comes around.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Still, the Sabres managed to hang on for another close win despite a hectic final few minutes.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Music memorabilia, including album covers, pictures and posters – a number with local ties – hang on the room's southern wall.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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Archaeologists recovered the skeleton in late 2025, and it is now being analyzed.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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Scant artifacts survived those conditions, and almost all the porcelain recovered from the site consisted of shards.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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However, every Aggie score has been answered, and the Longhorns hold on to their two-possession lead.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Feb. 2026
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This year’s draft takes place April 23 through April 25, with the first round held on Day 1.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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The herbicide is commonly applied to crops, such as corn and soybeans, that have been genetically modified to withstand its effects.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
27 Feb. 2026
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The pain has also filtered out to private-equity companies that have lent money to software companies, which need to withstand the AI threat to keep repaying their debt.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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On an extensive Reddit thread discussing the court opinion, the argument continued.—
EMILY HEIL THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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With few options remaining, the government reluctantly returned to talks with the US but refused to budge on its demand to continue enriching uranium, a fuel for nuclear power plants that can also be used to build a bomb.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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Jokic was jogging up the floor without the ball after Oklahoma City scored when Dort stuck out his right leg and tripped him.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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The bodies, meanwhile, reminded this writer of Bret Easton Ellis novels, in that the men were comically buff, and the women’s hipbones were sticking out.—
Elektra Kotsoni,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Pull through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pull%20through. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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