Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled away
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Attorney Involvement From Initial Review Through Final Resolution Under call-center models, non-attorney staff often prepare filings using templates, while attorneys remain largely detached from the substantive work.—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
USA Today,
19 Jan. 2026 -
The Physiological Reality of Leadership One of the most persistent myths in leadership development, according to Craze, is the idea that thinking happens in some abstract cognitive space, detached from the body.—
Karl Moore,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Authorities said Husien then carjacked another vehicle at gunpoint and fled north toward San Jose.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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In February 2024, three people were shot dead by gunmen – one who arrived and fled aboard a boat – in Acapulco.—
Janay Reece,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The father disengaged from the physical altercation with his son and retreated behind the uniformed police officers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2025
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People who are disengaged from issues of inequity, and who don’t invest in learning and growing as allies, experience lower self-confidence at work and have lower job satisfaction.—
John M. LaVelle,
The Conversation,
9 Dec. 2025
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The filing underscores the administration’s position that immigration enforcement and foreign policy decisions cannot be disentangled from national security concerns and that all of those are solely under the federal government’s purview.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Jan. 2026
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No Spotify or Netflix exists for literature, where (other than with some exceptions, such as for vinyl collectors) the medium and the message are more easily disentangled, but the codex has endured for two millennia whereas the CD and the DVD lasted barely two decades.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
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Maloney allegedly told Bocaya he had been harassed by police, then pulled out a knife with a 4-inch blade and repeatedly stabbed the off-duty officer in the neck and upper torso, prosecutors said.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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But as the Power Station were about to launch their tour later that year, Palmer surprisingly pulled out and was replaced by actor-singer Michael Des Barres, formerly of the band Detective.—
David Chiu,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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His comment shouldn’t be interpreted as a postgame shot at an overwhelmed Red Raiders offense and, everything considered, his vaunted defense’s performance hardly resembled a unit that flinched at the challenges.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Jan. 2026
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That said, the Pioneers haven’t flinched this season without him.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
29 Nov. 2025
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The recruitment pool has shrunk dramatically.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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Since hitting a high of 1,695 shows in 2022, per Luminate, the TV landscape (excluding live sports and news programming) has shrunk by a third.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Jan. 2026
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The citizenry has broadly recoiled; her killing, in addition to being a human tragedy, has been a public relations disaster for the administration.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Generations of scientists, perhaps all with Great Aunt Mildreds who recoiled at the noise, have looked into whether cracking truly bad for our joints or overall health.—
Sarah Lindenfeld Hall,
Popular Science,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Pulled away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulled%20away. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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