PUSHED AROUND Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

pushed around

verb

past tense of push around

as in forced

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The Wildcats had started the drive on the Colorado 44 after Michael Kilbane forced running back Micah Welch to fumble, and Fitzgerald recovered it.

— Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
The Knights were forced to settle for a 24-yard field goal by Stone, his third kick of the game.

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of forced

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The new owner obliged, as Soyka at the time, eyes filled with tears, discussed the turnover of Soyka in late 2018 to what became the now closed Latin American restaurant Chica.

— Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Winters was obliged to apologize, pointing out that Standard Chartered was investing heavily in retraining teams.

— Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of obliged

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Williams also asked Saab whether anyone had threatened or coerced him into changing his plea.

— Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Michael Cohen, the president’s former personal attorney, was the prosecution’s star witness but has since publicly stated that Bragg and New York Attorney General Letitia James coerced him into cooperating.

— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of coerced

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Increasing the number of mobile charge carriers can improve conductivity, but conventional chemical doping approaches can be constrained by chemical and thermodynamic limits.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
But if every meaningful decision requires the founder’s involvement, growth will eventually be constrained by one person’s capacity.

— Sariki Abungwo, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of constrained

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Macklemore previously alleged that Kraft pressured promoters to remove him from the tour.

— Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2026
Researchers have confirmed the cat only in Bolivia so far and warn its cloud-forest habitat, already pressured by deforestation and gold mining, needs protection.

— Paola Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of pressured

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Throughout, the reader is bludgeoned with reminders of the war’s significance, and in the service of this aim Harding also offers a curious mixture of political awareness and faux naïveté.

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
She was later bludgeoned to death by fellow soldier Aaron David Robinson.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of bludgeoned

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The National Labor Relations Board is currently considering allegations that Innercare illegally harassed and terminated employees during the 2024 unionization drive.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Dexter Lawrence, Jonathan Allen and other new starters harassed Baker Mayfield throughout the game in a 33-27 victory.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of harassed

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