Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushing around
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That is an unlikely combination because, in general, teams that score so much on offense have the lead, forcing teams into passing situations to keep pace.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Gas from Tehran fuels nearly a third of Iraq's electricity generation, yet frequent and prolonged outages remain common, forcing residents to rely on costly, polluting private generators.—
Emma Graham,
CNBC,
15 Oct. 2025
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Even prior to Preservé’s arrival, the Motiva implants had begun fueling a shift in the way some surgeons perform breast augmentation, compelling them to more frequently place implants on top of the chest muscle instead of underneath it, as has been customary for decades.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
15 Oct. 2025
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And yet, today, a few pieces of evidence are compelling us to reconsider this scenario.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
3 Oct. 2025
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Employers would be prohibited from pressuring or coercing anyone into signing such a waiver.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Republicans are pressuring Democrats to come to an agreement on reopening the federal government.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Oct. 2025
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The United States began seizing church property and imprisoning polygamist leaders, coercing church president Wilford Woodruff to end official support for polygamy in 1890.—
Konden Smith Hansen,
The Conversation,
30 Sep. 2025
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Other charges dismissed as part of an April plea agreement included two counts of persuading or coercing a minor to engage in prostitution.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
25 Sep. 2025
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Such caveats underscore the weakness of compliance monitoring snapshots in capturing the complex pressures and administrative barriers constraining workers’ ability to exercise their rights on a day-to-day basis.—
Sourcing Journal,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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With Rafael Devers' contract no longer financially constraining the team, the money is there if the Red Sox want to keep Bregman around.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Google’s powerful and freely available AI models have helped fuel the rise of AI content, some of which is aimed at spreading misinformation and harassing individuals.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
21 Oct. 2025
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The murder occurred on Lorincz's porch, where Owens arrived in search of answers as to why Lorincz had been relentlessly harassing her children.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
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Most historians believe Gunness would first poison her suitors, then finish them with an ax or by bludgeoning — afterward dismembering the corpses and burying what remained.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Governor Andrew Cuomo uses his Attorney General as a bludgeoning tool for his own purposes.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
9 Oct. 2025
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Vance and his family reportedly stayed in a lavish Georgian manor owned by a light-bulb magnate, obliging me to ask whose bright idea that was.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Pushing around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushing%20around. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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