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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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Let things settle, then take one clear step that actually feels aligned and manageable without forcing unnecessary effort or adding extra pressure to yourself.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Though embedded in society, these young characters are Kaspar Hauser-like figures, spectrally isolated from the signifying world, forced to construct meaning for themselves, from the ground up.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Grant was compelled to celebrate the nation’s hundredth anniversary just as its boldest experiment in democracy to date was being dismantled.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Her new perspective gazes at us directly, compelling us to meet her eye.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
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Digital platforms had been pressured to strike deals with Australian news publishers to pay for journalism by legislation passed in 2021 that created the country’s News Media Bargaining Code.—
Rod McGuirk,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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In the months before that change, Sun asserts, its management had been trying to pressure him into investing more in WLF.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Without that market competition, the plaintiffs argued, gamers were coerced into paying higher prices, effectively allowing Sony to monopolize the sale of its digital PlayStation games.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Emerging in the 1940s, this framework reframed fertility not as something to be coerced outright, but as something that could — and should — be rationally managed through planning, education, and access to contraception.—
Sonya Borrero,
STAT,
1 May 2026
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Traditional flow batteries use metals like vanadium, which are expensive and supply-constrained.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
6 May 2026
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If access to education becomes more constrained at the same time, talent is more mobile than ever; the state risks losing both students and long-term economic contributors.—
Lola W. Brabham,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2026
Verb
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Gloria said her ex-boyfriend had been following and harassing her.—
Paul LaRosa,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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Is this a reasonable prosecution in response to Morens’s apparent efforts to avoid public-records laws, or an excuse to harass scientists involved in the 2020 COVID response—or both?—
Quinta Jurecic,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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Days ago, the Celtics looked poised to coast into the Eastern Conference semifinals after bludgeoning the 76ers in Game 4 of their first-round series.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
1 May 2026
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Authorities say Pamela Austin was found bludgeoned and stabbed to death, and Michael Austin appeared dead from a manner of suicide.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Of course, Brown obliged the crowd’s request for second-year point guard Tyler Kolek.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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If the Wild want to play like this for the whole series — a lot of wide-open stuff, with a little dirty mixed in — the Avs are more than happy to oblige.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
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“Push around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push%20around. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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