Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushed around
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With temperatures climbing above freezing and sunny skies melting half the structure, they were forced to start over entirely.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026 -
Twenty-two people — two civilians and 20 firefighters — were injured and thousands were forced to evacuate.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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Mackey, trusting his father, obliged, but later regretted it.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
14 Jan. 2026
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Rather than working with his ally Machado, Rubio was obliged to deal directly with Rodríguez, who had been hastily inaugurated as the interim leader.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Given rising trade tensions and the likely unsustainable strength in the export sector, Beijing might eventually be compelled to ramp up its policy measures significantly.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2026
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You might be compelled to flirt with the visible lingerie trend or pair a new faux fur coat with tall Uggs.—
Maressa Brown,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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How was Twitter to plainly determine whether an amateur pornographic video featured a sixteen-year-old or an eighteen-year-old, or if that video was consensually produced or violently coerced?—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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Workers the administration couldn’t fire were coerced into leaving on their own.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Models can predict the decay rate of sterile neutrinos, which is then constrained from the data.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Guyana remained formally independent, yet functionally constrained.—
Rick Singh,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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But as the ball bounced on the turf, Tritons forward Payton Fitch pressured and kicked it loose for Schotemeyer to score early in the showdown.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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The people who do know about it (and who pressured theaters to book it) are his audience.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Others, like Eberhardt, were bludgeoned.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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After a medical examiner noticed several lacerations on her scalp, prosecutors concluded that Kathleen was bludgeoned to death.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn’t hit by a car, wasn’t being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman.—
Holmes Lybrand,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn't hit by a car, wasn't being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman.—
Staff And Wire Reports,
Boston Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Pushed around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushed%20around. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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