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Recent Examples of push around
Using a regular controller, players can control a tiny digital ship, firing nanoscale bullets to push around a physical polystyrene ball just a few microns wide.
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Michael Irving, New Atlas, 27 Feb. 2025
This is not exactly the axis of evil, or the axis of anything except countries that are either dependent on the United States or otherwise easily pushed around.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 2 Apr. 2025
While her rookie season was a success, she was often shoved and pushed around.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
The footage also shows the now obligatory abuse, as the wheeled warrior continuously rights itself as it gets pushed around.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 15 Mar. 2025
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Michael Irving, New Atlas, 27 Feb. 2025
This is not exactly the axis of evil, or the axis of anything except countries that are either dependent on the United States or otherwise easily pushed around.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 2 Apr. 2025
While her rookie season was a success, she was often shoved and pushed around.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
The footage also shows the now obligatory abuse, as the wheeled warrior continuously rights itself as it gets pushed around.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for push around
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Five years after the pandemic forced children into remote instruction, two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders still cannot read at grade level.—
K. Dara Hill,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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However, Barron's slender frame and short arms may force him to play as a nickel corner in the NFL.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Ambitious goals compel the team to think differently, encouraging boldness, innovation and smarter risk-taking.—
Ryan Brinkhurst,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration is now compelled to restore the budget.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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Disney's shareholders will pressure the company to eventually get another film set in a galaxy far, far away into movie theaters.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
22 Apr. 2025
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Microsoft exemplifies this approach through continuous investment in global data centers, quantum computing research, and advanced cloud architecture—even when Wall Street analysts pressured for higher short-term returns.—
Tima Bansal,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The administration is threatening to withhold federal money from universities as a way to coerce many of them to comply with administration policies in ways that implicate free speech and in some instances violate legal processes for the withholding of federal support.—
Daniel Hall,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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Its alliances were coerced, its innovations lagged behind, and its industrial system collapsed under its own contradictions.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Canada’s immigration system, although historically generous, is now constrained.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Image This skittishness among investors has constrained Britain’s chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, from taking bolder measures to recharge the economy.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Loser of the Week Michael McMahon, a retired NYPD sergeant turned private detective, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his part in harassing and stalking a Chinese expatriate named Xu Jin, who is wanted by his homeland’s government.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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In the most recent matchup between these teams, a 106-96 win by the Rockets on April 6, Curry was harassed by Amen Thompson into a 3-point performance on just 1-for-10 shooting (1-for-8 3PT).—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Apr. 2025
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As part of his tightening grip on power, and his assault on 200-plus years of checks and balances, President Trump has bludgeoned some of the nation’s leading law firms into shameful submission, extracting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of free legal work for his pet causes.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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Police said she had been bludgeoned, stabbed multiple times and stripped naked.—
Paul LaRosa,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Those would be similar to those in NATO’s Article 5, under which all members are obliged to assist an attacked nation.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2025
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Williams didn’t take to the mic, but many guests obliged, belting out ’80s tunes by A-ha, Mylène Farmer, Vanessa Paradis and others.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Push around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push%20around. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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