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Howard walked and scored in the first inning, and then singled and scored in the second inning as the Vikings pulled away early.
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Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
This dynamic is particularly strong in chaser-spacer patterns where one partner’s need for closeness triggers the other’s urge to pull away.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
In the living room, detectives noticed that a brown bookshelf was pulled away from the wall and there was a brown and black baseball bat that appeared to be wedged behind it.
—Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
Novak and Griffin won the Zurich Classic — the PGA Tour’s lone team event — thanks to a 35-foot birdie putt by Griffin on the 17th hole to pull away from a congested leaderboard.
—Brody Miller, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
This dynamic is particularly strong in chaser-spacer patterns where one partner’s need for closeness triggers the other’s urge to pull away.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
In the living room, detectives noticed that a brown bookshelf was pulled away from the wall and there was a brown and black baseball bat that appeared to be wedged behind it.
—Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
Novak and Griffin won the Zurich Classic — the PGA Tour’s lone team event — thanks to a 35-foot birdie putt by Griffin on the 17th hole to pull away from a congested leaderboard.
—Brody Miller, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Pull away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pull%20away. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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