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Recent Examples of push around
The Lynx cannot allow themselves to be pushed around by a bigger Phoenix team.
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
They’re not supposed to get pushed around by New Mexico.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Bend your knees slightly, then spin the hoop by giving it a big push around in one direction.
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 28 Aug. 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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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
They’re not supposed to get pushed around by New Mexico.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Bend your knees slightly, then spin the hoop by giving it a big push around in one direction.
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 28 Aug. 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
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Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto shut the door, forcing a game-ending double play and earning his third win of the series.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Rojas, a light-hitting infielder, hit an unexpected home run in the ninth inning of Game Seven to tie it and force extra innings, when the Dodgers won it.—
Steve Futterman,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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Illinois has joined other states in suing the federal government to compel the continuation of SNAP payments during the shutdown, arguing that state programs can't fill the gap on their own.—
Olivianna Calmes,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Democrats continue to withhold their votes on government funding, trying to compel Republicans to negotiate with them on health care.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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Both a lockout and strike involve one side going on offense to pressure the other side to make a better offer on a new CBA.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Trump had earlier sidestepped questions concerning Taiwan, including when asked by the Washington Examiner last week whether Xi was pressuring him to oppose Taiwanese independence as part of trade deal negotiations.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Oct. 2025
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Detectives even allegedly coerced Rosie into signing a document implicating Frank Jordano and his father, Iorlando Jordano.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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Xi will likely continue using Beijing’s stranglehold on critical minerals to coerce the United States and others.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Oral arguments, typically constrained to an hour (allocating 30 minutes for each side), will be expanded, underscoring the gravity and complexity of the case.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Nov. 2025
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Iranian oil discounts to China have hit a year‑high as sanctions on Iran and Russia tighten, squeezing independent refiners already constrained by import quotas, trade sources told Reuters on October 29.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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That will give defensive coordinator Zach Orr more options with his pressure packages and perhaps create less dependence on blitzes to harass the quarterback.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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When people are crossing the river Evros, trying to reach Greece from Turkey, many of them are harassed by Greek or EU forces.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Alubidy grabbed a trailer tow hitch and bludgeoned the 5-foot-tall, 130-pound victim.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
15 Oct. 2025
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Lo then bludgeons Richard in the head with a metal pipe and kills him.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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These were gangsters, so they weren’t obliged to couch this any way but direct.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Shaw-naé pushed for an in-person appointment, and the doctor obliged.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Push around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push%20around. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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