yanking

present participle of yank

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of yanking But some lawmakers say that argument is baseless and that yanking the grants has left the state less equipped to prevent tragedies like this week’s attack at Annunciation Catholic School. Curt Devine, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025 See, for example, Trump yanking the security clearances of former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director Chris Krebs for his defense of the 2020 election as securely run. Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 30 Aug. 2025 This status explains why Moody’s Investors Service yanking away Washington’s last AAA rating in May didn’t tank the dollar. William Pesek, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Earlier this month, the administration canceled the massive Lava Ridge Wind Project in Idaho, yanking permits approved last year. Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025 But this is real life, not fiction, and Loktev isn’t coldly observing her subjects from on high or yanking them along on unseen strings. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yanking
Verb
  • The story follows a Jewish family across five generations, from childhood to adulthood, blending laughs and tear-jerking moments, just like in Bob-Waksberg’s other shows.
    Braedon Montgomery, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Tear-jerking purple prose designed to make a Baby Boomer nostalgic and sad.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, his impact, like pulling children into his winner's circle, will continue to be honored by other tracks.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Carpenter spoke with Morning Edition host Leila Fadel about the challenges of relationships, her controversial album cover, which depicts her kneeling beside a man who is pulling her hair, and the new songs featured on the album.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • More than a month after his death, Ozzy Osbourne’s music has largely slipped away from the Billboard charts following the headline-grabbing news that one of rock’s founding fathers had passed away.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • SpaceX was also famously involved in funding and operating the headline-grabbing Polaris Dawn crewed commercial mission in September 2024.
    Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Koberidze opens with a montage of cats, foot traffic, street dogs twitching in their sleep, statues and trees casting long shadows across buildings.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Prater, who was expecting gory details, is a little harder to read, though his face twitching doesn’t seem like a great sign.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This is about creating a childhood away from prying eyes, giving his children the space and support to enjoy being children without a care in the world.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But such players tend to make these adjustments in the course of many weeks, on private practice courts in Delray or Monaco or Abu Dhabi, far from TV cameras and prying journalists.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Rodgers had a very forgettable two-year run as the Jets QB over the last two seasons, leading the team to a 5-12 record in 2024 after missing all of the 2023 season after tearing his Achilles in the season opener that year.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Missed the final 14 games last year after tearing his ACL at Tampa.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The wind howled, rattling metal signs and tugging at our clothes as the dust swallowed everything in sight.
    Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Crucially, there are real-world exploits like University of California, San Diego’s (UCSD) Imprompter, which had nearly an 80% success rate in extracting personal data via obfuscated prompts.
    Camellia Chan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • So Cali reached over, extracting it, before downing the rest.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Yanking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yanking. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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