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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2
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
That’s when Talley allegedly pulled the pistol out from under a blanket, shooting one officer in the face and a second in the chin, authorities said.
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
The Dodgers pulled within 2-1 in the eighth inning when Freddie Freeman singled with one out to put runners on the corners and Smith delivered an RBI single to right field off of right-hander Michael Petersen.
—Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
While not a direct representation of gun sales, the data is pulled from NICS background checks, required for gun owners in the state, and adjusted to more closely estimate gun sales.
—Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026
Electronic health records centralized data and added digital support, though this digitization also introduced an administrative burden that often pulled physicians away from patients.
—Bruce Broussard, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Participants across the country all worked out to the same music Travis listened to during his final deployment, pulled from an iPod that was returned to his family after his death.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Hoopes turned a corner and the cop, lights flashing, pulled him over.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
In Season 2, the characters are pulled back into action as a new global threat emerges, forcing them to recruit additional operatives to stop a widening conspiracy.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
But Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar pulled their overflight clearances; China insists that Taiwan is one of its provinces.
—Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
The Dodgers pulled within 2-1 in the eighth inning when Freddie Freeman singled with one out to put runners on the corners and Smith delivered an RBI single to right field off of right-hander Michael Petersen.
—Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
While not a direct representation of gun sales, the data is pulled from NICS background checks, required for gun owners in the state, and adjusted to more closely estimate gun sales.
—Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026
Electronic health records centralized data and added digital support, though this digitization also introduced an administrative burden that often pulled physicians away from patients.
—Bruce Broussard, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Participants across the country all worked out to the same music Travis listened to during his final deployment, pulled from an iPod that was returned to his family after his death.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Hoopes turned a corner and the cop, lights flashing, pulled him over.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
In Season 2, the characters are pulled back into action as a new global threat emerges, forcing them to recruit additional operatives to stop a widening conspiracy.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
But Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar pulled their overflight clearances; China insists that Taiwan is one of its provinces.
—Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled
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About Averitt Express Averitt was started in 1958 as Livingston Merchant’s Co-op, a small trucking company that hauled dry goods in Tennessee, according to the company’s website.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Apr. 2026
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On the north side of Texas 114, trucks hauled trailers filled with debris or were empty waiting to be loaded.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2026
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Spurs coach Mitch Johnson could’ve yanked him for the veteran Harrison Barnes.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Jackson’s music was also yanked from several radio stations in New Zealand, but eventually re-added.—
Amelia McDonell-Parry,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr. 2026
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The 2026 draft footprint stretched across Point State Park and Acrisure Stadium (still Heinz Field in the hearts of civilized people) and by the end of the weekend, the city had hosted one of the biggest football parties in human history.—
Dan Zaksheske OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Transportation officials said delays in the northbound direction stretched up to an hour as of Saturday afternoon, with a roughly two-mile stretch taking drivers far longer than usual to navigate.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Steep post-earnings slides for key software names dragged the broader sector lower, as investors weighed artificial intelligence's threat to software companies' business models.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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The findings from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research show a president who is struggling with unfulfilled promises to tame inflation and testing Americans’ patience with a conflict in the Middle East that has dragged on longer than expected.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The burglars pried open a window to get into a room on the second floor.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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Kemp says everything was ransacked, doors were broken, drawers and cupboards pried open, and empty cash boxes were on display.—
Alysia Burgio,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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But the war has damaged that argument.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Oil infrastructure in the Middle East has been damaged or disrupted in the Iran war.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Sure, the sequence largely swipes away hints given prior that Bowser was an absent father, but in a film where most of the characters veer toward the blandly nice, watching a dad and his son bond over their same sociopathic tendencies was the only moment that tugged at the heartstrings.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
31 Mar. 2026
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Smoldering at the camera, the star—who’s currently dating Scooter Braun—tugged down the straps of the plum-chocolate bra and covered her chest with her hands.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
7 Mar. 2026
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Heat is extracted and pumped into a closed-loop pipe system under the house, where it is cooled by the earth.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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She was pronounced dead after Orange County Fire Authority firefighters extracted her from the vehicle and rushed her to a nearby hospital.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Pulled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulled. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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