pulled up

past tense of pull up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pulled up The only person who was informed of the last-minute plan was Butler's sister, who strategically pulled up to the airport with Zimmerer in the backseat. Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025 The site struggled with hyphenated names but pulled up correct details in other cases. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025 Trick Daddy pulled up in a red Tesla Cybertruck ready to greet patrons who lined the block to get a taste of Sunday’s Eatery in Fort Lauderdale. Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025 The Story Behind the Stain When the property needed an overhaul between tenants, Snyder pulled up the carpet, and underneath was the outline of a human hand, permanently on the floorboard. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025 Moments later, Luna said, a car pulled up to a gas pump at the station. Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025 As Nancy became serious about selling the home that summer, West pulled up for a tour, accompanied by Britney Spears’ father, Jamie Spears. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025 Sitting down for lunch Tuesday with her sister at a Chinese restaurant in her small southwest Missouri town, Heather Harman-Michael pulled up Instagram for a quick scroll. Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025 The drivers pulled up next to each other with the Sierra to the left of the Tundra whose driver rolled down his window and yelled at Dousten who shouted back and pulled out a handgun, according to court documents. Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled up
Verb
  • When asked why all shoppers didn’t get the notice, an Amazon spokesperson said the notice was sent to customers who registered for the Prime Invitee Program between the program's launch in 2009 and 2015, when the program stopped accepting new members.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Providence is on a mission after being stopped two years in a row in the supersectional round.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Those companies not only halted competition between their own brands, but also began cooperating with each other, the complaint alleges.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Wednesday’s Stage 11, scheduled to finish in the city of Bilbao, was halted about 3 kilometers early, and no winner was declared.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Milwaukee Police Association and the city have sparred over pay raises and back pay in the contract that would cover 2023 to the end of 2025, but the negotiations have stalled repeatedly for reasons beyond the pay disputes.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Former Hurricane Lorena brings heavy rainfall Elsewhere in the Pacific, the remnants of what had been Hurricane Lorena were stalled about 170 miles off the coast of Baja California Sur as a remnant low-pressure area, driving heavy rainfall and a risk of life-threatening flash flooding.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If caught in one, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your foot off the brake.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Recently, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) caught one of these protoplanetary disks and its young star in a edge-on view.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For instance, an officer or insurance adjuster might claim your lack of footwear contributed to reckless or careless driving, and the matter could even be brought up in court or during an insurance review.
    Georgea Kovanis, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The finalists brought up challenges ranging from manufacturing to navigating wholesale, amid a vendor payment crisis at some department stores.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • They were not allowed to say goodbye to the two men who were arrested, and they were forced to stand around for about three hours while the federal agents checked their records.
    Janhvi Bhojwani, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Pack light to avoid carrying heavy bags to the theater, where bags are checked.
    Emma Caldwell, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • For instance, those lawmakers who drew up the legislation in 1983 to tax Social Security chose not to adjust the thresholds to inflation so that eventually everyone would pay income tax on benefits, Senate records show.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The 41-year-old driver has been arrested, police said.
    Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Farthing was arrested in Florida days after his lottery win and body camera footage from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office shows the Kentuckian being tased and tackled by deputies after attempting to flee following a bar fight.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Pulled up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulled%20up. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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