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
  • In central Spain, 60,000 were forced from their homes, according to the Spanish interior ministry.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • Paramount could be forced to sell off the WB television production business, but that isn’t worth nearly as much without the studio and the connected library of titles and IP.
    — Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of forced
Verb
  • Murakami obliged, hitting two home runs while collecting a career-high six RBIs in a 12-3 victory in front of 32,581 at Rate Field.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
  • Belarus obliged, according to Ukraine, and rhetoric between the two governments has eased since then.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Definition of obliged
Verb
  • The prospect of lining up next to one of his few contemporary peers compelled the now-35-year-old Donald to begin an extensive workout program aimed at returning him to football shape.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • That’s true insofar as many other events Bank of America Stadium has compelled as of late — including the MLS All-Star Game, which will take place at the uptown venue next week.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
Definition of compelled
Verb
  • Some innocents are coerced into false confessions, like what happened to the Central Park Five.
    — Rene Denfeld, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
  • Sinon grows up as a young man off at war that is coerced by Odysseus to sacrifice themself at the hand of the Trojans, while convincing them into accepting the wooden horse as a gift.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of coerced
Verb
  • In a seller’s market, however, he might be constrained by a dearth of prospect capital and some reluctance to trade from the back of his big-league bullpen.
    — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 26 July 2026
  • The total addressable market, while large, is finite — and international sales are likely to be constrained by the understandable preference for local vendors wherever national security is concerned.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 24 July 2026
Definition of constrained
Verb
  • Now, to win elections—and, especially in New York City, to actually succeed in government—soft supporters of Israel are being pressured to support Palestine and pulled into coalition with anti-Zionists.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • Trump, however, denied knowing anything about the Tates’ case, and the Romanian foreign minister insisted the country hadn’t been pressured to lift the travel restrictions on the brothers.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 20 July 2026
Definition of pressured
Verb
  • France has bludgeoned the opposition, scoring 16 goals while conceding just two.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
  • Two days after Gerardi released the report, on April 26, 1998, he was bludgeoned to death in his home.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026
Definition of bludgeoned
Verb
  • Parents lodged complaints about coaches, at least one athlete claimed they were being bullied and harassed by a teammate, and rival programs raised concerns about the team’s behavior in competitions.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026
  • The Philippine coast guard, however, said the two fishing vessels were harassed while bringing fuel aid to Filipino fishermen in the Scarborough shoal.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Definition of harassed
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