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as in came around
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as in held out
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled through
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At that point manager Alex Cora lifted the rookie and all three inherited runners came around to score when minor leaguer Patrick Halligan allowed a grand slam to Blue Jays third baseman Addison Barger.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
2 Mar. 2026 -
The ref's decision came around the 80th minute after Espanyol defender Omar El Hilali accused Elche forward Rafa Mir of racially insulting him.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Kesselman ran into Joe (Concert Joe) Sarkis, a bearded seventy-two-year-old music-scene fixture, who held out a copy of High Times’ May, 1976, issue.—
Mark Yarm,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Mayer has been held out of game action so far in order to give the second-year infielder time to ramp up more slowly after undergoing season-ending wrist surgery last summer.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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And Garland, who came to the Clippers from the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for James Harden, didn’t disappoint the home crowd.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
5 Mar. 2026
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Its long jarrah table was the construction site for hearty lunches for neighbors who came to help erect a mill or for a cricket match, and for visitors calling in on their way to or from Perth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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Dozens of firearms also were recovered, including handguns with images of Santa Muerte (a Mexican folk saint venerated by drug dealers) and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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Shortly after the company found new ownership via the Retirement Systems of Alabama, COVID walloped the movie theater business — and iPic’s box office revenues and balance sheets never recovered.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2026
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Sohail is currently held on $500,000 cash bail or $1 million bond in his state case, and Eisner-Grynberg was asking he be released on bond in the federal case to live with his mother once the state charges are resolved.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Carriers do have contingency plans for this kind of scenario, activating reserve crews held on standby.—
Francesca Street,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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Jokic was jogging up the floor without the ball after Oklahoma City scored when Dort stuck out his right leg and tripped him.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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Two things stuck out for Plitzuweit.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
28 Feb. 2026
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After Mahdawi was released, the government continued efforts to deport him, using the same foreign policy rationale as in Khalil’s case, the AP reported.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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All this while attacks on Iran continued, with thousands of strikes reported, leaving upwards of 500 people dead.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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UConn was on the attack more often, but Cloutier withstood all shots, including a point-blank shot from Shahan on a breakaway.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
21 Feb. 2026
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When the researchers performed abuse tests, the multilayer pouch cells containing gel electrolyte withstood extensive drilling without any thermal runaway.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Pulled through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulled%20through. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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