PULLING UP Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

pulling up

verb

present participle of pull up

as in stopping

to bring (something) to a standstill the jockey tried to pull up the apparently injured horse

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Recent Examples of pulling up Detectives reviewed surveillance footage from the 7-Eleven, where Blancas-Espinosa was seen pulling up to the pump bay and getting out of the car near the trash can by the fuel pump, the affidavit read. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2026 The series begins with a prison bus pulling up to a correctional facility in Georgia, where the commander of jail operations, Major Boughner, announces how the 30 participants, 27 men and 3 women, will be divided. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026 Williams originally sustained the injury late in Chicago’s Week 2 loss to Minnesota, pulling up lame on a fourth-quarter scramble toward the end zone before being carted off in visible tears. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Instead, Sayegh got creative by, for example, handing through car doors fresh popcorn and candy to families pulling up at her front door to be consumed at home. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026 Adam Johnson, chief deputy clerk for the county clerk, said the voter registration database was not pulling up the correct dates of birth for some voters. — Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 The exterior might have many fans envisioning the famous taxi cab pulling up to the house, as depicted in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air‘s opening credits. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 The victim’s son called the detectives before slowly pulling up beside his mother’s blue electric car, which was parked on the street. — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026 According to The Los Angeles Times, after 25 years in Los Angeles, the long-running reality singing competition is pulling up stakes and moving across the country to Atlanta for its next season, which will premiere in early 2027. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026

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Cornerbacks Jacob Parrish and Zyon McCollum had Tampa Bay's other picks, with the last turnover stopping a second-half drive in Bucs territory when Atlanta still had an opportunity to get back into the game.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
At the rear, stopping duties are handled by a 230-mm disc and a two-piston caliper, also using 27-mm pistons.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of stopping

Verb

Those steps include halting any activity that contributed to the discovery until tribal communities are consulted.

— Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026
Eisenkot seen as an antidote to Netanyahu Eisenkot has halting English and comes from a working-class family.

— Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of halting

Verb

On a national level, the Sunshine Protection Act, which would end changing the clocks, passed in the House of Representatives back in July, before stalling in the Senate.

— Amanda Callahan, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
The tone, momentum and overall direction often are determined by a precious few snaps, and instead of stacking breakthrough moments the Chiefs kept stalling.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of stalling

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Peltola is a gun-owning, fish-catching Alaska-bush native, who has worked for mines and supports oil drilling, and is allied with the state’s largest labor unions.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
But for audiences outside North America, catching Nathan Fielder’s three-hour documentary about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes — now expected to be a major player in awards season — has become a frustrating waiting game.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of catching

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Maybe this has been my challenge—the experience of bringing up a child on my own.

— Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026
Acton and other Democrats, as well as some Republicans, have excoriated Ramaswamy for the ad and for bringing up his opponent's childhood trauma.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of bringing up

Verb

With more than seven million people packed into over 9,000 high-rises, efficiency is key here, and people will judge you for holding up lines, hesitating with your Octopus card, or lingering over your dim sum table while others are waiting.

— Lee Cobaj, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
The video appears to show a person near the middle of the street holding up a cellphone to record the SUV when the vehicle’s front-right corner strikes the observer, who tumbles to the ground.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of holding up

Verb

Adding medications or supplements without checking Aspirin and NSAIDs including ibuprofen can increase bleeding risk when taken with blood thinners, Abou-Ismail said.

— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
By early October, the complaint said, a camera was installed in the conference room and captured Alfozan allegedly checking behind the television.

— Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

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