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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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Dietz was held out of Arkansas’ 9-5 opening-game victory over Missouri State Friday, in effect saving him to face host KU.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2026
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Or Gonzalez fully holds out and risks fines.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
Verb
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The best thing to do was to wait for the market to come around.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Thankfully, the market has come around to our view and the stocks have roared back to new all-time highs.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
27 May 2026
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Like many Kansas farmers who's profits have been wiped out by the record drought, the Beckers are working hard to hang on to their farm, which has been in their family for five generations.—
Jamil Wyne,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Before then, teams would hang on to players through June 2 before releasing them.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Rodríguez continues to recover from elbow surgery, while Wilson has been sidelined by lumbar disc inflammation.—
Chantz Martin OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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The prognosis he was given was a month to recover.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
31 May 2026
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The discus competition finished before any of the track events started and was held on an auxiliary field, but the Aliso Niguel senior got a standing ovation on the victory stand half an hour after her third throw thrust her into the record books.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Hulst setting a hard pace from the gun with Serna trying to hold on long enough to outkick him in the end.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Still, one reason the Twins are playing better than expected is their ability to withstand myriad injuries and underperformance in the starting rotation.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Holzinger has spent the past decade building a reputation as one of Europe’s most uncompromising performance artists—filling opera houses and theaters with motorbikes, helicopters, heavy machinery, nudity, and feats of endurance that test what a body can withstand.—
Lilyanna D'Amato,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
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However, earlier attempts to suspend the rules to allow for other motions, like using paper ballots or allowing no endorsements, failed twice, and the party continued using the clickers to cast votes.—
Jimmy Lovrien,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
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The momentum continued to stay with the Warhawks in the following frame as Jorge Luque led off the bottom of the fifth with a single down the right-field line which was misplayed for a two-base error.—
Rick Hoff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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Someone left dolls meant to resemble Lew Wasserman and the studio’s spokesperson Sally Van Slyke, crucified and with knives sticking out of them, at Universal’s headquarters.—
Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
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What made Grande stick out back then was a limber voice that begged to be dressed in sounds that swing.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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“Pull through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pull%20through. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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