Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushed around
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Aidan Hutchinson forced another fumble.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025 -
The anger mirrors recent protests against ruling elites in countries including Nepal, where the prime minister was forced to resign last month, and Morocco.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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When a fiction writer writes fiction, they’re obliged to announce it as such.—
Vauhini Vara,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
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For 14 years, and three different locations, Babette has obliged Berkeley diners with its creative-yet-comforting farm-to-table cuisine.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
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Both transgender and non-transgender students can be put in uncomfortable positions when someone is compelled to use a restroom that doesn’t match their outward gender presentation.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
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Early on while writing this essay, I was compelled by the idea of translation as a test of my allegiances, just like the student’s question.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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It’s coerced by the culture that raised them.—
Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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The star witness was a mental patient who, in a new interview with The Tennessean, says his testimony was coerced.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Oct. 2025
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The five elements still exempt from China’s controls are largely light rare earths, which are more abundant, easier to mine and refine, and less strategically constrained than their heavier counterparts.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Produced by the slow decay of radioactive particles, which is a natural process that occurs in all rocks, geothermal energy was long considered too expensive and geographically constrained to compete with other renewables.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Tempo could help wear them out, as the Giants have pressured the quarterback on nearly 46% of their defensive snaps when Carter, Burns and Thibodeaux are on the field at the same time, according to Next Gen Stats.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
17 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, worries about oversupply have pressured the oil market, with the price of Brent and WTI both at near five-month lows – potentially easing the inflation burden for Americans, if gas prices follow oil prices lower.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That may sound unfathomable to any non-comic reader who watched Steven Yeun's Mark Grayson get bludgeoned, maimed, and nearly disemboweled (sorry, Atom Eve) in an episode-long, cities-spanning fight with Thragg's berzerker warrior, Conquest (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
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Then his head was bludgeoned enough to kill him.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Oct. 2025
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In 16 minutes off the bench, Payton made all five of his shots and harassed any ballhandler he was assigned to.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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The defensive front harassed OU quarterback John Mateer consistently, sacking him five times.—
Sam Khan Jr,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Pushed around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushed%20around. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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