pulled up

past tense of pull up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pulled up Sap flow increases when leaves begin to form as water is pulled up the tree by transpiration. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025 Unfortunately, Bogdanović pulled up lame two minutes into the game and needed a timeout to exit. Law Murray, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 While defending Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison in the third quarter, Ramsey pulled up with a left hamstring injury and was unable to return to the game. Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025 The bear pulled up at 25 yards, then stood, swinging its head from side to side and growling. Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025 Eagles legend Brian Westbrook, the team’s cheerleaders, drumline, and mascot Swoop also pulled up, turning the Oval into a pregame celebration before Sunday’s matchup. Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 6 Oct. 2025 Newton then pulled up to the passenger side of the white van and immediately opened fire. Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025 His replacement on Intervention Services is Anthony Sanchez, one of the cops who pulled up Tuesday to UC San Diego Health’s Hillcrest Medical Center. Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025 Not long after vehicles pulled up, pandemonium erupted. Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled up
Verb
  • On Sunday, Jeanty was stopped for a loss or no gain on four of his 10 runs against light boxes, and overall, the Las Vegas Raiders were stuffed 11 times on 29 attempts — the most of any team in a game this season.
    Vic Tafur, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This was a couple who had never stopped laughing at one another’s jokes, who still held hands like teenagers into their 50s.
    Bee Wilson, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 1977, consumer groups petitioned federal regulators to ban the marketing of sugary foods to children, but industry lobbying halted those efforts.
    Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Vought's comments came shortly before a federal judge in California ‒ on the 15th day of the shutdown ‒ halted the administration’s layoffs for now in a case brought by two labor unions.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Garcia could have enriched himself by keeping his mouth shut, and the Riverside scandal may have stalled out there.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But the motion failed to reach the 60-vote filibuster, and the bill has stalled.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Trubisky to former Saint Jimmy Graham, who caught the football and immediately ran up the tunnel into his offseason.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • These fins, 50 percent larger and stronger, will play a vital role in steering, slowing, and eventually allowing the rocket to be caught mid-air by the launch tower’s arms for rapid reusability.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Other issues brought up at the meeting included ongoing construction, public safety and a lack of sufficient workforce housing.
    Mars King, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
  • If Moulton were an employer, he’d be brought up on age discrimination charges based on his video announcement that Markey is too old to be reelected.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hunters in alligator management zone 1 in southwest Arkansas checked 69 alligators, and hunters in south-central Arkansas, zone 2, harvested four.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2025
  • This episode was produced by Berly McCoy, edited by Rebecca and fact checked by Tyler Jones.
    Regina G. Barber, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But after Harrell totaled 54 of his 140 passing yards on the drive, offensive coordinator Todd Fitch drew up consecutive handoffs in the redzone, stalling the drive.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Maxwell said Epstein restructured Johnson's finances, handled her investments and even drew up the contracts for members of her staff.
    Chris Spargo, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • When Kordia was arrested in March, the government accused her of terrorism.
    Aida Alami, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Andrew Stanton, 38, of Kenosha, was arrested last week and indicted Wednesday on three federal charges, including threatening to assault, kidnap or murder a US official, court records show.
    Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Pulled up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulled%20up. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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