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
After the network successfully pulled together a motley crew of Real Housewives offspring and their Manhattan socialite friends last year, the gang is back for a second season in the city.
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Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
25 June 2026
Arraez pulled a 1-1 curveball from the Athletics’ Aaron Civale off the top of his right foot and collapsed to the ground in pain.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
Trade timing & outlook NVDA has pulled back toward the $200 support level, where buyers previously defended the stock during its recent breakout.
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Tony Zhang,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
Officers pulled Rivera from the car, and Rivera's gun discharged, striking Diller and causing fatal injuries, officials said.
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Lisa Rozner,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
The price of gold has pulled back since January’s record highs, hovering around the low-$4,000 range, but several factors could push it back up in the long term.
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Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
That sense of connection is what pulled them into the industry and continues to shape their work as a sommelier in Koshu Club.
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Kaitlyn Harvey,
AJC.com,
24 June 2026
Iger presided over ABC's parent company when Kimmel was temporarily pulled from the air after remarking about Charlie Kirk's murder.
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Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 June 2026
The Telegraph reports that the artist pulled a Russian flag from his pants and threw it in a trash can.
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Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
17 June 2026
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
25 June 2026
Arraez pulled a 1-1 curveball from the Athletics’ Aaron Civale off the top of his right foot and collapsed to the ground in pain.
—
Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
Trade timing & outlook NVDA has pulled back toward the $200 support level, where buyers previously defended the stock during its recent breakout.
—
Tony Zhang,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
Officers pulled Rivera from the car, and Rivera's gun discharged, striking Diller and causing fatal injuries, officials said.
—
Lisa Rozner,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
The price of gold has pulled back since January’s record highs, hovering around the low-$4,000 range, but several factors could push it back up in the long term.
—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
That sense of connection is what pulled them into the industry and continues to shape their work as a sommelier in Koshu Club.
—
Kaitlyn Harvey,
AJC.com,
24 June 2026
Iger presided over ABC's parent company when Kimmel was temporarily pulled from the air after remarking about Charlie Kirk's murder.
—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 June 2026
The Telegraph reports that the artist pulled a Russian flag from his pants and threw it in a trash can.
—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled
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Pigs that were being hauled by the semi could be heard squealing at the scene.
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The tractor rumbled onward, into the sun, hammering over a divot where a tree had been cut long ago, its stump hauled away.
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Within days of its release, Anthropic’s most sophisticated public AI model was abruptly yanked from customers.
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With two outs and a runner on, Sasaki yanked a splitter to the inside edge of the strike zone to Gunnar Henderson, who lifted it over the wall in right field.
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Utah's state forester, Jamie Barnes, told reporters that fires across the state this season had been moving in ways that had stretched Utah's firefighting capacity to its limits, with new fires beginning closer to populated areas than in previous years.
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Minnesota led 28-16 after the first quarter, then stretched the lead to 45-29 at halftime after holding Dallas to 11-for-37 shooting with eight turnovers before the break.
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But as the crisis dragged on over six days and pressure from the families of the hostages grew, Israeli leaders gradually became more open to talks, according to a summary of the files released by the Israel State Archives.
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Around Christmas 2024 the Estlink 2 cable between Finland and Estonia went down after a shadow-fleet tanker, the Eagle S, dragged its anchor across the seabed.
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Lonnie has plenty stacked against him, not least of all his own son, who is inching closer to surpassing his status in the golf world — people are even starting to call him the Hawk, a torch that had to have been pried out of his father’s hand.
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Last year, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that thieves had pried off a bronze plaque dedicating the building to the history of philadelphia from its main entrance.
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Joshua Serad, of Maple Shade, stole and damaged Pride flags Monday in the business district of Haddonfield on Kings Highway, according to police.
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Flying bricks damaged the crossing’s signal arms, and the crossing was closed by Union Pacific.
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In bringing a piece of her mother to the event, Obama tugged at a feeling that many will relate to – wishing a late family member could be with you during life’s milestone moments.
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His young daughter tugged at him.
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The irradiated samples were successfully extracted after being tested inside Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL) Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) on May 6, 2026.
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Although longtime group engineer and audio legend George Massenburg is interviewed, more mileage might have been extracted from his involvement.
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“Pulled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulled. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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