Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushed around
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But without any leads nor money to return back to her comfortable life in India, Mehr is forced to work as a housemaid for these eccentric artists Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026 -
Choreographed to perfection, yet not in a way that felt forced in the slightest, Bono and company distilled their brilliant Elevation Tour into a spellbinding three-song set that found the band performing while names of terrorist victims were shown on the big screen.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Marshall, like all the rest of them, was eventually let go for not knowing anything, but not before more time was wasted by detectives, who were obliged to interview most of these sideshows.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Under federal law, the company was obliged to report the error and return the money.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Jan. 2026
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We are compelled, from the indirect astrophysical evidence and the high-quality null results from direct detection efforts, to consider it seriously.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Frist felt compelled to spotlight one more Nashville women artist as part of its 25th anniversary celebration.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The uncle alleged that the donations made by Yamagami’s mother, which by then totalled seven hundred thousand dollars, had been coerced.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Starks defended Porter by saying Andrews and other witnesses were coerced into giving their statements to police.—
Gregory Royal Pratt,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Production remained constrained by modest yields and a difficult, labour-intensive extraction process, limiting its role in large-scale industrial and military supply chains, the South China Morning Post writes.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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Right now, the market is constrained.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Federal prosecutors alleged Kaiser pressured doctors to add diagnoses even when conditions were not actually treated during patient visits, in violation of Medicare rules.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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Amy Ryan stars as Mari Gilbert, the real-life mother who pressured investigators to find her missing daughter, leading to the uncovering of several murders by the Long Island serial killer.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Jan. 2026
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Once at the home, which sits just north of Burbank Boulevard, police found a bloody scene and investigators believe the woman was bludgeoned to death with an axe, Fox Los Angeles reported.—
Nathaniel Percy,
Daily News,
21 Jan. 2026
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White’s onslaught was only part of a crucial advantage for the Bulls, who bludgeoned the Nets from the 3-point arc in the first half (60%).—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2026
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Maloney allegedly told Bocaya he had been harassed by police, then pulled out a knife with a 4-inch blade and repeatedly stabbed the off-duty officer in the neck and upper torso, prosecutors said.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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The capper was a blowout loss in the Wild Card round to the Rams, who harassed Darnold into nine sacks.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Pushed around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushed%20around. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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