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Recent Examples of puller
Eleven white men stood on the gallows with him—the hangman, the trigger-puller, officers of the law, the priest.
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Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
The prying end also serves as a nail puller, box cutter and bottle opener.
—Ben Coxworth
october 07, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
This inexpensive gadget works similarly to how a weed puller does in the garden.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, a padded nylon upper provides insulation while an adjustable puller lacing system enhances comfort and convenience.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
The prying end also serves as a nail puller, box cutter and bottle opener.
—Ben Coxworth
october 07, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
This inexpensive gadget works similarly to how a weed puller does in the garden.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, a padded nylon upper provides insulation while an adjustable puller lacing system enhances comfort and convenience.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puller
Noun
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Commercial-grade appliances, with deep-tilt skillet and griddle, enable sailors to cook more food faster.—
Gidget Fuentes,
USA Today,
5 Jan. 2026
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In October, Regatta Bonaire draws sailors for races around Bonaire and to its neighboring islands.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Assistance is free and confidential, Altman said, and Covered California has invested in a network of navigators to ensure help is widely available.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
1 Jan. 2026
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As time-telling became more precise, ship navigators needed a standardized way to set their chronometers.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The clacking of mouth-swab petrie dishes as they’re loaded into boxes for shipping, the line-by-line licking of complimentary doughnuts at the front desk.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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Participants were asked to collect weekly nasal swabs and to complete short surveys about any symptoms of respiratory illness, such as cough, sore throat, congestion or fever.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In turn, a wooden oar signed by Fleck was delivered to Stommes home.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Chinese take-out eatery included a dining area themed to look like a Tiki lounge with bamboo, oars, totems and puffer fish lamps.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This ensures that the reactive sodium metal never comes into direct contact with the cathode salt.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Jan. 2026
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Add the apple cider vinegar and season with salt and pepper to taste.—
Erin Merhar,
Southern Living,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Clean energy from toxic waste Bio-tar – the thick liquid by-product produced when heating biomass and organic matter – has long been viewed as toxic to the environment and an unavoidable cost of renewable energy production.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
30 Dec. 2025
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And a partial human fingerprint found in tar residue could provide a direct link to one of the ship’s crew.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Davies was born in Swindon, England, in 1944 to a hairdresser and merchant navy seaman.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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In 1944, Willie Wesley Thompson, a Navy seaman, saved two lives in the South Pacific.—
Curtis Bunn,
NBC news,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Collegeville outfit came with the mask of a scowling pirate with an open eye-patch that looked more like a black eye and a sickly green pallor that would shiver the timbers of the saltiest sea dog.—
René Guzman,
San Antonio Express-News,
2 Oct. 2024
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Under the black flag Overall, around 4,000 sea dogs plagued the world’s sea lanes during the golden age of piracy.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
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“Puller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puller. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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