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Recent Examples of pull through
The film follows four misfits as they are pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld, a cubic land that puts your imagination to the test.
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Seattle will have the best chance to pull through if Rusnak can deliver another solid performance.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Fine pulled through, thanks to Trump’s political support and grassroots efforts.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
Look, girls, shape folds over and pulls through itself
so that
first becomes last
and an end
becomes a fresh start
in an instant.
—Rae Armantrout, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Seattle will have the best chance to pull through if Rusnak can deliver another solid performance.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Fine pulled through, thanks to Trump’s political support and grassroots efforts.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
Look, girls, shape folds over and pulls through itself
so that
first becomes last
and an end
becomes a fresh start
in an instant.
—Rae Armantrout, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for pull through
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pull through
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Broad hands held out right in front of him, cut up in streetlight, making shadow puppets on the split cement and talking to nobody, all by himself, all the time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
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But again, with Christian Barmore held out of team periods, Khyris Tonga stood out.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
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The worst of it, of course, came around the time of their divorce when rumors indicated there was cheating from both sides.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
7 Aug. 2025
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Monday will come around again, with its dreaded wake-up alarms and emails.—
Valerie Trapp,
The Atlantic,
4 Aug. 2025
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Long Wing— See Tom hang on to the wing of the biplane mid-flight.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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Federal prosecutors dismissed the corruption charges after being acquitted on one count, with the jury hung on the remaining charges.—
Adam Sabes , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Ultimately, the mystery tooth was extracted, and Owens is now recovering.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Aug. 2025
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The two tournament favorites advanced comfortably from Group B. Brazil scored 12 goals and conceded just one, while Colombia recovered from a goalless draw against Venezuela with emphatic wins over Paraguay and Bolivia.—
Neel Shelat,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The council’s annual Gold Award ceremony for Girl Scouts in San Diego and Imperial counties was held on June 8 in the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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Text messages released throughout 2022 as part of discovery in the case revealed an exchange between Prehn and Walker, the former governor, in which Walker advised Prehn to hold on to his seat in order to counter the voices of Evers' appointees.—
Ariela Lopez,
jsonline.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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As the Talmud tells it, when the Romans first laid siege to Jerusalem and the Second Temple, the walled city had supplies to withstand the blockade for years to come.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
7 Aug. 2025
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There would also therefore be a strong case for the England captain Leah Williamson, who was imperious withstanding countless waves of attack from FC Barcelona and Spain in those two finals.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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For more than a dozen years, the Food and Drug Administration quietly allowed substandard foreign factories to continue shipping medications to the United States even after the agency officially banned them from doing so because of dangerous manufacturing failures.—
Debbie Cenziper,
ProPublica,
13 Aug. 2025
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In 2022 alone, donor participation dropped by 10%, and this trend has continued to the present, with a slight rebound in 2024.—
Leslye Moore,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Tua Tagovailoa orchestrated a fine series in his lone drive in Sunday’s preseason game, rebounding from a three-interception practice Friday against the Bears that will still stick out more.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Aug. 2025
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Her consciousness is recorded like an additional probe stuck out in the world to gather perceptual information, deepening their own.—
Ellyn Gaydos
August 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Aug. 2025
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