pulled up

verb

past tense of pull up
as in stopped
to bring (something) to a standstill the jockey tried to pull up the apparently injured horse

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Recent Examples of pulled up Martin then pulled up old video of Bregman from his 2016 season at Double-A Corpus Christi to highlight where the third baseman mechanically wants to be. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 Instead, a Scott County deputy pulled up to Kelly High School. — Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026 The bear had sought refuge in it, and as the houndsman and his friends pulled up in sight of it, the muffled squeals of the dogs, which had instantly followed the bear in, told the men that the pack was getting smaller every minute. — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 Two-time defending champion Marcell Jacobs pulled up halfway through Tuesday's final with an apparent leg injury before jogging across the line. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026 But at a red light near the Las Vegas Strip, a white Cadillac pulled up beside them and gunfire erupted. — CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 The strings had deteriorated so much that two of them couldn't even be pulled up – replacement time was overdue by about five years. — Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Five times on Sunday afternoon, Cecilia Zandalasini pulled up from 3-point range. — Marisa Ingemi, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026 As they were stopped at a red light on the Strip, a white Cadillac pulled up alongside their vehicle and a gunman unloaded his weapon. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled up
  1. stopped
  2. halted
  3. stalled
  4. caught
  5. brought up
  6. checked
  7. drew up
  8. arrested
Verb
  • Two national restaurant chains, Chipotle Mexican Grill and QDOBA, which had received peppers from Coast Citrus Distributors, stopped serving the jalapeños.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Both restaurants stopped using them, while Coast Citrus recalled the remaining product and notified customers.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of stopped
Verb
  • Flights are typically halted from the nearby airport when the President is taking off.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Production was subsequently halted while Spinnova evaluated options for restarting operations.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of halted
Verb
  • That diplomatic impasse has effectively stalled shipping in the strait, through which about one fifth of global oil supplies passedbefore the war.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • After decades of disputes that stalled enforcement, the current owner has agreed to extensive testing and a cleanup plan.
    — Kori McNair, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of stalled
Verb
  • Tristan Gunn caught the touchdown pass, and back-up quarterback Cade DePriest also had a touchdown pass to Smith Lessard.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The first pick of the second round caught seven passes for 63 yards on his three drives, including two impressive catches on the TD drive.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of caught
Verb
  • Mehidy brought up his 50 shortly before lunch off 117 balls, with five boundaries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Cervantes never brought up the bill during Thursday’s hearing, which effectively kills it.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of brought up
Verb
  • That signature can be checked to verify whether the file has been tampered with since Claude generated it.
    — Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Dart has checked some of those boxes already, which is good news.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of checked
Verb
  • Rudi Garcia then arguably drew up the game plan of the tournament, leaving Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku out of his starting XI and still managing to humiliate the hosts.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Other teams on the list James’ agent Rich Paul drew up are the NBA star’s hometown team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, as well as the Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
Definition of drew up
Verb
  • An 18-year-old Los Banos resident was arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found shot to death early Sunday in Turlock, police said.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Manuel Hernandez, 46, of Manhattan, was arrested early Sunday and charged with 13 counts of reckless endangerment, just hours after the boat carrying 14 people overturned in New York Harbor, the New York Police Department said.
    — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of arrested

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