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Recent Examples of push around
Interior running mate Christian Barmore will have opportunities to push around the Ravens’ offensive guards, both weak spots in their pass protection.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
Bend your knees slightly, then spin the hoop by giving it a big push around in one direction.
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 20 Dec. 2025
The Packers will mostly push around the Bengals in a 31-20 win, and the Ravens will be better this week but lose again, 24-19.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
That first generation lasted until 2006, with 4,038 examples built, one of which this reporter had the opportunity to push around Manhattan.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
Bend your knees slightly, then spin the hoop by giving it a big push around in one direction.
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 20 Dec. 2025
The Packers will mostly push around the Bengals in a 31-20 win, and the Ravens will be better this week but lose again, 24-19.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
That first generation lasted until 2006, with 4,038 examples built, one of which this reporter had the opportunity to push around Manhattan.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for push around
Verb
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Young people have the right to think for themselves rather than having conservative extremism forced upon them in class.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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One final winnable game had slipped away, forcing the Aztecs and their fans to beg for a mulligan.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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The suit claims Tesla resisted Dondero’s efforts to obtain discovery and moved to compel arbitration, which was denied.—
Andrea Guzmán,
Austin American Statesman,
16 Mar. 2026
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Energy propels the film forward a bit more than the plot when the exact reasons why Nick feels compelled to spare Mike have to remain shrouded in mystery.—
Stephen Saito,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
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Iranian strikes on commercial ships in and around the strait -- and even just the threat of attacks -- have slowed shipping to a trickle, dramatically increasing the price of oil and pressuring Washington to do something to ease the pain for consumers and the global economy.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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Recipients of the text were urged to pressure their representatives to support the law.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
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Its ballistic-missile program—the backbone of Tehran’s ability to coerce the region—has suffered immense damage.—
Richard Goldberg,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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As long as the intimacy coordinators are being hired by the studio, my view of their role is that their job is to coerce the actors into doing things, as opposed to advocate on their behalf against the studio.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Mar. 2026
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Hezbollah joined the war in solidarity with the Palestinian group out of conviction that Israel would be constrained in its response by concerns of Hezbollah’s offensive capabilities.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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So tracking that water’s abundance and distribution across the lunar surface could constrain the nature and number of the water-rich projectiles that are thought to have populated the inner solar system at that time.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2026
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Onyenso was the key to harassing the high-end NBA prospect into the roughest shooting performance of his season.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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In the years that followed, Tunisia set up a Truth and Dignity Commission, with Riahi and her sister called to testify in the summer of 2017 alongside thousands of other opponents of the Ben Ali government, who were targeted and harassed for their views.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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Now, the foreign visitors are mostly gone, a lack of jet fuel bludgeoning the critical tourism sector.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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There was simply no difference as the team from Taiwan bludgeoned the far less talented squad from Czechia.—
Maria Torres,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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With key sources of data halted, researchers, advocates and others have had to rely on information the administration is obliged to report or that has come to light through legal action.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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The state felt obliged to make up the difference.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Push around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push%20around. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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