1
as in hauled
to cause to follow by applying steady force on
a team of horses pulling a heavy wagon
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as in yanked
to draw out by force or with effort
the dentist had to struggle to pull the tooth
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Recent Examples of pulled
For years, fashion companies like Ralph Lauren pulled their products from Macy’s stores to sell more of their products direct to consumers online and at their own stores.
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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
Curran then grabbed Trantalis’ leg and pulled him to the ground, then reportedly dragged him 15 feet across the road.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Brown coordinate with her husband's look by sporting a new reddish hair color, wearing her strands pulled back into a glamorous updo.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Thompson’s hair was pulled back in an updo, showcasing her glowy, soft makeup.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
Vanderbilt pulled dialogue from trial transcripts for his courtroom scenes, including a faceoff between Jackson and Göring during cross-examination.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
That meant that Emms pulled double duty of sorts at the London fest, also appearing in Jonatan Etzler’s black comedy Bad Apples, which stars Saoirse Ronan as a teacher finding her class of 10-year-olds disrupted by one unruly pupil.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
That’s literally because she’s pulled between two cultures and two homes.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Desiree swapped her Amazon hooks for the Glenn Towel Bar from Ethnik Living after one of her bath sheets pulled a hook clean off the wall.
—Jasmine Desiree, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025
Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
Curran then grabbed Trantalis’ leg and pulled him to the ground, then reportedly dragged him 15 feet across the road.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Brown coordinate with her husband's look by sporting a new reddish hair color, wearing her strands pulled back into a glamorous updo.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Thompson’s hair was pulled back in an updo, showcasing her glowy, soft makeup.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
Vanderbilt pulled dialogue from trial transcripts for his courtroom scenes, including a faceoff between Jackson and Göring during cross-examination.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
That meant that Emms pulled double duty of sorts at the London fest, also appearing in Jonatan Etzler’s black comedy Bad Apples, which stars Saoirse Ronan as a teacher finding her class of 10-year-olds disrupted by one unruly pupil.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
That’s literally because she’s pulled between two cultures and two homes.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Desiree swapped her Amazon hooks for the Glenn Towel Bar from Ethnik Living after one of her bath sheets pulled a hook clean off the wall.
—Jasmine Desiree, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled
Verb
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Having junk hauled away costs money.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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Faux brass candlesticks, plastic nutcrackers, and off-brand plaid blankets are hauled out as budget stand-ins for the designer’s signature style.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Just as the video began, a man identified as Justin Calhoon, 19, lunged across the table, yanked it toward him and flipped it on its side while Turning Point materials spilled onto the pavement.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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While the Russian threatened to make history against Chicago just two nights earlier—he’d reached the 894 mark before the Blackhawks yanked their goalie—Ovechkin apparently wasn’t interested in breaking the record by way of an empty net.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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At the port, narrow wooden docks stretched over the river, lined with vendors selling hammocks, bottled water, sacks of rice, and mosquito repellent.—
Aaron Randolph,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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The attosecond pulses stretched only slightly from 90 to 96 attoseconds.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Though some institutions have welcomed workers’ unions, others have dragged their feet.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
7 Nov. 2025
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Knocked unconscious, Will is then dragged by the Demogorgon to the lair of Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower).—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Malkin pried a few gory details out about the storylines out of LaNasa.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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In the lab, the team pried the soldiers’ teeth open.—
Andrea Tamayo,
Scientific American,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The sauna business will launch at Hart Park months after historic August flooding damaged and closed much of the 52-acre park, which is located on a floodplain.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Stop Fertilizing Fertilizing prompts new growth, and fall isn’t the time for crepe myrtle trees or shrubs to focus on developing new branches and leaves that can be damaged by winter freezes.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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An invitation from Wolfpack quarterbacks coach Kurt Roper to sit in on film sessions and game-planning meetings tugged McCall out of a potentially debilitating spiral.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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If a toy was tugged, it was considered a Pull type, and if it was retrieved when thrown, it was considered a Fetch type.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Both seem to be responding to a culture in which women’s caregiving is extracted until nothing is left.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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At the end of the experiment, third-party engineers extracted core samples from both lanes for lab testing and analysis.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Pulled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulled. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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