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Recent Examples of puller
Right now, the overstock outlet is hiding miracle-working gardening tools, like this $4 gardening hoe and a $7 weed puller.
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2026
The focus puller zeroes in on my mom’s face.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Eleven white men stood on the gallows with him—the hangman, the trigger-puller, officers of the law, the priest.
—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
Meanwhile, a padded nylon upper provides insulation while an adjustable puller lacing system enhances comfort and convenience.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2026
The focus puller zeroes in on my mom’s face.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Eleven white men stood on the gallows with him—the hangman, the trigger-puller, officers of the law, the priest.
—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
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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But Pietrek shows that quite a bit of thought and quality control went into the blend—which was, after all, considered part of the sailors’ pay.—
Tony Sachs,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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All of the cockfighters, lottery participants, and sailors throwing scrimshaw dice had to work around the ethical code imposed by Quakers, Shakers, and Puritans who vehemently opposed these games of chance.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The pilot is aided by a navigator and by a third person who holds an antenna mast.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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The shelter will be open only to Elk Grove residents or those with deep ties to the city, verified through a vetting process, and who receive referrals from the city’s homeless services navigators or police officers.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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After testing punch holes, wet and dry swabs, wet and dry vacuuming, and tools used in the forensic science community, the research team determined that dry swabbing could collect enough DNA for a sample and would not damage the artwork.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 Jan. 2026
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An oral drug swab and a urine test for Cooke returned positive for methamphetamine and benzodiazepines, the affidavit states.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Now as sailors stepped out into the surf, a great crowd tried to take oars off the first sloop.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The only noise is the dip-dip of oars and the ethereal screech of horseshoe bats.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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At the salt yard on Whittaker Avenue in North Philly, brine trucks and plows were sitting at the ready.—
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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The lack of salt has forced some towns to scale back ice removal.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
25 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The drugs – 28 grams each of black tar heroin, cocaine base, cocaine HCI and heroin HCI, plus 14 grams of methamphetamine – were taken on separate occasions between December 2023 and April 2024.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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In a lawsuit filed Friday, the states’ attorneys general called the child-care fund freeze nakedly political, saying the administration has weaponized allegations of fraud to blame immigrants for holes in the safety net and tar political rivals as corrupt.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The seaman was patched up, and with his battleship sunk and his country abruptly at war with Japan, Germany and Italy, he was assigned to a destroyer.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
8 Dec. 2025
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Remarkably, all three vessels that mapped California were, likely, Portuguese seamen’s property!—
Paulo Afonso,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Oct. 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
Cite this Entry
“Puller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puller. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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