Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushed around
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Though Andre officially ended things with his other flame, Ashley (Jen Jacob), Dani's daughter's abduction has forced her to spend some questionable quality time with her ex-husband Bill (Timon Kyle Durrett), who, it should be noted, shares a last name with Devon Winters' birth mother Yolanda.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025 -
On Sunday, Rodgers celebrated when the Steelers forced and recovered a fumble during a fourth-quarter kickoff return.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Then they are obliged to follow all lines of enquiry and take action as appropriate.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Kendrick Bourne - New England Patriots After being on the 53 man roster Tuesday, Bourne requested to be released by the Patriots on Wednesday and the team obliged his request.—
Mike Fore,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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As for me, whatever posturing impulse had compelled my attendance at the 10-year had dimmed considerably.—
Jordan Michelman,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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During a talk at the Hawgs Illustrated Sports Club luncheon, Yurachek laid out the reasons that have compelled UA officials to have the contract with War Memorial come to an end with no games on the horizon.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
4 Sep. 2025
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Abusers and traffickers are exploiting this lack of oversight—leaving women coerced, deceived, and sometimes poisoned.—
Christa Brown,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Hecker said the case should be dismissed and that Abrego Garcia is being coerced into accepting a guilty plea by the prospect of being indefinitely detained in a country halfway across the world, where his safety and liberty would be at threat.—
Evan Mealins,
The Tennessean,
30 Aug. 2025
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The new Fed with less independence will be more constrained.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Normally, constrained by the plant’s natural color, scientists can only create a green glow.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Trump has aggressively pressured the Fed to lower interest rates and wants to fill the board with loyalists; his Justice Department is investigating a Fed governor who sued Trump for firing her.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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An initial deal did grant the tribe that, but the federal government pressured the tribe to sign several new agreements, according to the exhibit, the last of which forced them to move west.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Grippo bludgeoned Casado to death, delivering multiple blows with the makeshift weapon and fleeing before police arrived.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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She was bludgeoned and strangled to death in the basement of her family's Boulder home in 1996.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Dec. 2024
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For those viewers questioning why Kendra Licari virtually harassed her own daughter, the answer is not made entirely clear in the documentary, Borgman explained in the interview.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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For more than a year, a Michigan teenager was harassed via text.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Pushed around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushed%20around. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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