PUSHED AROUND Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

pushed around

verb

past tense of push around

as in forced

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But the truth of it is that Sharaa forced his hand by seizing swathes of the SDF’s territory in a lightning offensive in January.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
In 1963, Gloria Steinem went undercover for a journalism assignment as a Playboy bunny, exposing degrading working conditions that forced policy changes.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of forced

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Why are certain people compelled toward any of these reckless, perilous, barely possible feats?

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Some were excellent in ways that surprised me and compelled me to see more, some were familiar or forgettable, and others even at just a few minutes in length felt unbearably long.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of compelled

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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
The inspection followed a hunger strike by detainees, who in a letter, complained about rotten or worm-infested food, medical neglect, and being coerced into signing deportation orders.

— Vanessa Romo, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of coerced

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Mestemaker was pressured 17 times, third-most among Power 4 quarterbacks in Week 1.

— Antonio Morales, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
The rest of the defense pressured Cal quaterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele into some bad throws, but James still had to focus to complete the picks in a high-pressure game.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 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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Instead, Keefe was soon pulled over by Milton police who said the employee had called 911 to report that he was being followed and harassed.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
The haters have hacked the store’s website, harassed its hosts, spread rumors about its owner, and threatened to show up in force in front of its physical store.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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