as in pulled
to draw out by force or with effort
you'll never tear that secret out of me
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He was pulled from the game with one out in his second inning after throwing 36 pitches, just 17 strikes.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026 -
The Bears trailed 1-0 in the final minute of regulation, but Rian Marquardt tied the contest with 56 ticks remaining after White Bear Lake pulled its goalie.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
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These pieces were often physically damaged, having been pried off temple walls or other structures by looters.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Brooks’ legacy lives on though, but for the players themselves, there remains an indelible bond that can never be pried apart.—
Patrick Snell,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Jiang and her team extracted samples from several human teeth uncovered during excavations at Jerash in the 1980s and analyzed them using two technologies.—
Durrie Bouscaren,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2026
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The lunar south pole is where water ice is thought to be abundant that could be extracted and used for drinking, breathing and as a source of hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel for missions to Mars.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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And worse comes a sweep, where our clients are not just suddenly uprooted, but lose their practical items, like clothes and paperwork, and cherished personal mementos.—
Deborah Berkman,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Suddenly, in the last 48 hours before the trade deadline, the Clippers uprooted their core by trading James Harden to Cleveland and Zubac to Indiana.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
6 Feb. 2026
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Trump has since yanked his endorsement of Hurd and threatened to follow suit against any Republican who voted to repeal tariffs.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Feb. 2026
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But in late January, a cadre of federal workers yanked placards from the site’s brick walls in response to a March 2025 executive order from the White House that shunned complication.—
Adam Harris,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Torn (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torn%20%28out%29. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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