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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushed around
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The attack forced hundreds of migrants to seek shelter in churches and mosques, according to state broadcaster SABC.
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But the Department of Homeland Security let go a third of CISA employees in 2025 through buyouts, early retirements, forced reassignments and sweeping layoffs.
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Even with that 2024 ruling and last year’s trial, Rinsch hasn’t paid back Netflix anything, though he still is obliged to.
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Not everyone is lonely; some women, no longer obliged to marry, are probably happier and freer.
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In May, Jolie scored a victory of her own when Judge Pánuco determined that she was not required to provide Pitt's attorneys with access to 22 unredacted emails after previous rulings compelled her legal team to do so.
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In the modern admissions process, particularly at selective schools, students are compelled to conflate their self-worth with their ability to package themselves as marketable products.
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The study was later shut down after an internal review confirmed that patients were coerced into participating.
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Weger later insisted he had been coerced into making the confession.
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So far, Milei has defended his Cabinet chief, even as the scandal damaged his government’s public image, constrained his political leverage in negotiations with allies and undermined his communication about spending cuts to Argentines scraping by on salaries that increasingly fall behind inflation.
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Private equity acquirers, particularly add-on platforms, are constrained by senior-debt service ratios that mechanically discount concentration risk.
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Over time, Cancer will begin to feel neglected, while Aquarius feels pressured to show up in a way that isn’t like them.
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Lawmakers have also pressured government agencies, particularly the Department of Defense, which coordinates medical care through the Defense Health Agency, to treat the victims more expeditiously and spend the money allocated by Congress for such efforts.
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Here, the laughs are bludgeoned to death, never more so than in the final stretch when multiple Ghostfaces converge.
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The Knicks were down 2-1 in that series and have bludgeoned their opponents ever since, not losing a game.
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In 2018, reflecting unfortunate norms in worldwide sports media, female sports journalists representing global news outlets at the FIFA World Cup in Russia were physically harassed and assaulted by fans on camera.
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Police say Bunn stalked and harassed the woman in a blue Chevrolet Silverado and would park in areas to watch and follow her.
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“Pushed around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushed%20around. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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