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pushed around

verb

past tense of push around
as in forced

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushed around
  1. forced
  2. obliged
  3. compelled
  4. coerced
  5. constrained
  6. pressured
  7. bludgeoned
  8. harassed
Verb
  • Iowa's defense forced Michigan to punt again and its offense took advantage.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Flights and events canceled The storm forced a change of plans for many people.
    — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of forced
Verb
  • Since Kalshi is a private company that is not obliged to publish its financials, PitchBook’s predictions are based in some cases on estimates rather than hard figures.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026
  • No current member would be obliged to subscribe to these principles.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of obliged
Verb
  • Who knows if the real Chris Hansen felt compelled to articulate that notion on the way to celebrity.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Travelers are compelled to show their documents to soldiers or regime officials manning the checkpoints.
    — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of compelled
Verb
  • By filing that brief handwritten petition, Kohberger is putting himself in the category of many criminal defendants before him, who have argued after the fact that their guilty pleas were coerced.
    — Mark Guarino, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Williams also asked Saab whether anyone had threatened or coerced him into changing his plea.
    — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of coerced
Verb
  • That said, the agreement appears to stop short of any concrete purchase commitment, and the two-month trade truce extension appears to be somewhat constrained compared to analysts’ pre-summit expectations of at least six months.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Once deployed, the system does not require a separate missile or projectile for every engagement; instead, its operating capacity is constrained by electrical power, cooling, and other system limitations.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of constrained
Verb
  • With no threat of a rushing attack, UCF began to pin its ears back and send more rushers at Craig, who was sacked twice in the second half and pressured on countless other dropbacks.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The women recall Haworth summoning them to a garage where they were pressured to undress and have fully nude photos taken of themselves as rock ‘n’ roll music blared.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of pressured
Verb
  • The crime shocked the community for its brutality, as both Andrew and Abby were bludgeoned to death, and its boldness, occurring in the middle of the day on a busy street.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of bludgeoned
Verb
  • Despite having success with long passes, South Dakota QB Modrzewski was harassed into a mostly poor night, going 12-of-27 for 243 yards, three touchdowns and two picks.
    — Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Throughout the series, Lizzie is constantly harassed and verbally abused by her stepmother, Abby Borden (Rebecca Hall), and completely rejected by her father, Andrew Borden (Charlie Hunnam).
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of harassed
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“Pushed around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushed%20around. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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