PULLED THROUGH Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

pulled through

verb

past tense of pull through

as in came around

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as in held out

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Milwaukee opened the scoring in the third when Frelick reached on an infield single, stole second and came around on a single by Mitchell, an Orange County native and UCLA product.

— Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
On a candlelit Wednesday evening in Chinatown, the 2026 Image Makers came around an open-air table to celebrate each other.

— Ashley SP, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of came around

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Rice was officially held out all week, but he was seen during the media portion of practice wearing gym clothes and running on Thursday.

— Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
Adebayo and most of the Heat’s rotation regulars were held out of Saturday’s exhibition against the Timberwolves before Adebayo sat out Wednesday’s preseason game due to his groin ailment.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of held out

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The investigation resulted in a 2022 FBI search of Mar-a-Lago that recovered classified records, and a federal indictment in Florida charged Trump with dozens of felony counts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
According to a criminal complaint, knives recovered by investigators on scene did not match knives belonging to the resort.

— Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of recovered

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The chase then continued north before the car headed east on Highway 50 to elude authorities.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Rubio told reporters in the United States on Saturday before his departure that India had diversified its energy sources, but continued to buy substantial volumes of Russian oil, making an immediate shift to other suppliers difficult.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of continued

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The Bruins’ defense withstood the Ducks’ final push and celebrated a signature victory during a turnaround season.

— Elias Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
But the Penguins withstood an early flurry in overtime and sent the home fans happy with an overtime win courtesy of Tommy Novak.

— Josh Yohe, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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