puller

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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. 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
  • On March 15, 2024, Flores-Roman’s wife and Anderson, both sailors on the USS Mahan in Norfolk, were out with friends celebrating Anderson’s 28th birthday.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The marble relic was an ancient Roman funerary artifact for a sailor named Sextus Congenius Verus.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Halley remains a valuable navigator of the overall sales market and how to devise enticing offers to potential advertisers.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Some companies provide access to a caregiving navigator who can guide you through the health care maze.
    Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At Thursday’s hearing, prosecutor Ashlea Deener received permission from Judge Julie Lugo to photograph the defendant’s tattoos and obtain a swab for DNA testing.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The 1986 rape and murder convictions of John Restivo, Dennis Halstead and John Kogut were overturned in 2003 after DNA testing revealed that a profile recovered from a vaginal swab did not belong to the three men, according to the Innocence Project, which worked on their cases.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The first 5,000 students at each home game receive a cardboard oar, and two $1,000 scholarships are given away in the fourth quarter.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Toss together chicken, barbecue sauce, peach preserves, olive oil, cornstarch, salt, black pepper, and crushed red pepper in a 9- x 13-inch baking dish until chicken is evenly coated and cornstarch is fully incorporated into sauce.
    Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The salt in your food can increase fluid retention in your kidneys, potentially leading to elevated blood pressure,’’ said Pianko.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The oily, tar-like creosote inside your firebox can be dissolved with an alkaline cleaner.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Recent economic and life-cycle assessments indicate that converting bio-tar into bio-carbon can deliver net-positive energy, financial, and environmental benefits.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Davies was born in Swindon, England, in 1944 to a hairdresser and merchant navy seaman.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In 1944, Willie Wesley Thompson, a Navy seaman, saved two lives in the South Pacific.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 22 Oct. 2025.

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