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as in hauled
to cause to follow by applying steady force on a team of horses pulling a heavy wagon
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as in yanked
to draw out by force or with effort the dentist had to struggle to pull the tooth
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Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026 Finally, this past New Year’s Eve, their full-length debut surfaced as an unfussy YouTube post—only to get pulled one week later as Bottner sought label distribution. —Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2026 Along the West End Atlanta Beltline, members of the Environmental Sustainability Interest Group, known as E-SIG, pulled invasive weeds to help create healthier green space. —Jamal Goss, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 Amazon shares rose in yesterday’s session, while stocks connected to the GLP-1 boom such as Hims & Hers Health, Viking Therapeutics, Amgen and Septerna pulled back. —Alex Harring, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026 In Season 2, the characters are pulled back into action as a new global threat emerges, forcing them to recruit additional operatives to stop a widening conspiracy. —Arushi Jacob, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026 Investigators said an adult male victim told police that a verbal altercation involving a woman and Keitt escalated when the suspect allegedly pulled a knife and stabbed the victim in the leg. —Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026 But Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar pulled their overflight clearances; China insists that Taiwan is one of its provinces. —Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026 Her filmed season of The Bachelorette was pulled from air days before it was set to premiere. —Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026 Finally, this past New Year’s Eve, their full-length debut surfaced as an unfussy YouTube post—only to get pulled one week later as Bottner sought label distribution. —Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2026 Along the West End Atlanta Beltline, members of the Environmental Sustainability Interest Group, known as E-SIG, pulled invasive weeds to help create healthier green space. —Jamal Goss, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 Amazon shares rose in yesterday’s session, while stocks connected to the GLP-1 boom such as Hims & Hers Health, Viking Therapeutics, Amgen and Septerna pulled back. —Alex Harring, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026 In Season 2, the characters are pulled back into action as a new global threat emerges, forcing them to recruit additional operatives to stop a widening conspiracy. —Arushi Jacob, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026 Investigators said an adult male victim told police that a verbal altercation involving a woman and Keitt escalated when the suspect allegedly pulled a knife and stabbed the victim in the leg. —Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026 But Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar pulled their overflight clearances; China insists that Taiwan is one of its provinces. —Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026 Her filmed season of The Bachelorette was pulled from air days before it was set to premiere. —Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
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The bears also rummaged through neighbors’ trash and hauled it back beneath the house.— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Fire Department investigators are looking into a pair of fires that broke out inside of Amazon cargo containers being hauled through downtown Los Angeles in back-to-back weeks.— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
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Lindor, who has been the subject of criticism for his play thus far, yanked a shot into the seats, scoring Marcus Semien and Carson Benge — one of the few positives from this night.— James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
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As the smell intensified, Lina crossed to the front door of her apartment, undid the lock, and yanked the sticky door open.— Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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In the 53rd minute, however, LAFC defenders were stretched and Werner, on the left, struck a cross that found Ousseni Bouda for the first of the Burkina Faso native’s two goals on the day.— Josh Gross, Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
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The recovery operation stretched into the wee hours.— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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The officer grabbed me and said 'you're arrested,' and just put me in handcuffs and drug and dragged me out.— Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Baker, still by himself, grabbed Rivera’s bulletproof vest and dragged her to the first-floor lobby, where he was met by other responding Chicago Police Department officers.— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
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Kemp says everything was ransacked, doors were broken, drawers and cupboards pried open, and empty cash boxes were on display.— Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Colbert also pried about the pair’s friendship with the author George Saunders, asking for an invite the next time the three hang out.— Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2026
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Along those lines, the Illinois Cannabis Equity Coalition is a nonprofit which advocates for the state’s legal pot program to reinvest in areas damaged by the war on drugs.— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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The Israeli soldiers who damaged a figure of Jesus Christ in southern Lebanon and photographed the incident will be removed from combat duty and sentenced to 30 days of military detention, according to the Israeli military.— Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
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Sure, the sequence largely swipes away hints given prior that Bowser was an absent father, but in a film where most of the characters veer toward the blandly nice, watching a dad and his son bond over their same sociopathic tendencies was the only moment that tugged at the heartstrings.— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
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Smoldering at the camera, the star—who’s currently dating Scooter Braun—tugged down the straps of the plum-chocolate bra and covered her chest with her hands.— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 7 Mar. 2026
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The money set aside to cover its share stands at almost three times the profit extracted from the UK auto finance unit over more than a decade, underscoring the severity of the capital drag.— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026
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Astronauts Christina Koch and Victor Glover aboard a recovery ship after being extracted from the Artemis II capsule in the Pacific Ocean, following the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon, in this screengrab from a livestream video, April 10, 2026.— Miles Doran, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Pulled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/pulled. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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