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
  • Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots, was forced to roll out a second artificial surface after the World Cup because its first attempt didn’t pass an independent lab test as required by the NFL and NFLPA.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The champion faced a challenging opponent, as Garry forced him to work hard for seven takedowns and inflicted some facial damage.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of forced
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  • Third-base umpire Todd Tichenor obliged, and the game froze for a moment as the fresh rosin was brought in.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • If coughed up, the bond would help cover large swaths of the $7 million-a-day ticking fee Paramount Skydance is obliged to pay to WBD shareholders starting in a few weeks, plus other costs baked into the ParaBros agreement.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of obliged
Verb
  • This compelled the company to use a Chinese AI model to defend against the onslaught.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Ultimately, if the state steps in with loans, the district would be compelled to cede day-to-day management to an outside caretaker, reducing the district’s board and administration to bystanders.
    — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of compelled
Verb
  • Jawad Boulos, who was Sarsour's lawyer when he was charged in Israel decades ago, testified that Sarsour was tortured in Israeli custody and coerced into making confessions.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Ripley, Tinkler Mendez added, didn’t appear to be coerced and remained cooperative hours into questioning.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of coerced
Verb
  • Traditional computers use bits represented as either 0 or 1, and are physically constrained by how tiny transistors can be miniaturized.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • For decades, Washington’s use of economic and military coercion was constrained, at least in part, by the damage that such actions could inflict on the United States, including through oil shocks.
    — Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of constrained
Verb
  • Beasley frequently argued that these policies effectively pressured players into receiving the vaccine despite there being no formal mandate.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Lebson also alleged Gilman was pressured to fight in Ukraine.
    — Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of pressured
Verb
  • Another time, Tekin and the other women listened as guards bludgeoned a Ukrainian soldier in a cell across the hall.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • France has bludgeoned the opposition, scoring 16 goals while conceding just two.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of bludgeoned
Verb
  • The speaker didn’t take disciplinary action against Benton until this year when a female lobbyist said she was harassed by him at a River North bar in January, the Tribune reported.
    — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The same trans-activists who screamed at me in legislatures and harassed me at colleges could misuse the Protect College Sports Act to challenge every single state law defending women’s athletic competition…all 27 of them.
    — Riley Gaines OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of harassed
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