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Recent Examples of push around
The team has been pushed around, veteran Jamie Benn looks finished, and the lack of physical play is alarming.
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Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2025
Nevertheless, this ending looks awfully similar to years past: pushed around physically, overmatched and overwhelmed by what was supposed to be an inferior opponent.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 14 May 2025
The rest is being pushed around for industrial use, and that has challenges.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Yes, that WestRock plant — the big factory that looms over I-94 at Vandalia, the one with large metal beige walls and front-end loaders pushing around cardboard, the source (at times) of interesting smells.
—Ben Shardlow, Twin Cities, 15 May 2025
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Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2025
Nevertheless, this ending looks awfully similar to years past: pushed around physically, overmatched and overwhelmed by what was supposed to be an inferior opponent.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 14 May 2025
The rest is being pushed around for industrial use, and that has challenges.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Yes, that WestRock plant — the big factory that looms over I-94 at Vandalia, the one with large metal beige walls and front-end loaders pushing around cardboard, the source (at times) of interesting smells.
—Ben Shardlow, Twin Cities, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for push around
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Glaser told Variety that her shift in wardrobe allowed viewers to see that she’s taken control of her life, no longer following the gaudy colors and costumes her mother forced upon her in previous seasons.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
15 July 2025
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In Sweden, municipalities were forced to communicate offline using paper memos.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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So she still feels compelled to speak up for these fellow children of God.—
Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 July 2025
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That compels people to shell out somewhere between $2,500 and $3,000 for courtside seats for a summer league game, as people did Thursday.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Nashville resident Kyle Caldwell this year said his 12-year-old son was charged with a felony and later pressured into pretrial diversion for posting an Instagram screenshot of a text message exchange that included threats against two Nashville schools.—
Kelly Puente,
The Tennessean,
14 July 2025
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These suits often have little to do with improving access — and everything to do with pressuring businesses into quick settlements.—
Aaron Hichman,
Mercury News,
12 July 2025
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Witnesses testified about whether the original detective and prosecutor in his case had coerced them into testifying against Bell at his 1995 trial.—
The Marshall Project,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 July 2025
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The school board responded that the materials did no more than expose the children to new ideas, and that in any case nobody was being coerced.—
Stephen L. Carter,
Mercury News,
8 July 2025
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Undermining green energy growth removes one of gas’s most important allies—and, paradoxically, could constrain its future.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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The combination of limited production capacity and expensive weapons sometimes constrained the government’s options.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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She has been harassed, and her family name has been thrown all around the internet.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
19 July 2025
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This includes instances where Dashers harass customers for a tip.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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Four provost marshals barged into the judge’s courtroom and bloodily bludgeoned him with the butt of a pistol in front of his jury and civilian spectators.—
Paul Callahan,
Baltimore Sun,
29 May 2025
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The film struggles to let scenes breathe, bludgeons us too frequently with music cues and skips out on crucial emotional beats to replace them with less effective melodrama.—
Brandon Yu,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Of course, the mom was more than happy to oblige and let her son plan out the perfect slumber party.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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Tsui would oblige, and has continued to throughout her life, making athleticism and personal strength pursuits, particularly swimming and surfing, as integral to her life as writing.—
Mickie Meinhardt
July 16,
Literary Hub,
16 July 2025
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“Push around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push%20around. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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