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Recent Examples of pull away
Armed with a 40-36 lead at halftime, the Terps kept trying to pull away from the Bruins (12-4, 3-2).
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Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
UConn pulled away quickly in the second half, forcing three turnovers against the Hoyas in the first four minutes and finding more consistency from 3-point range.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2025
The duo later pulled away from the Panthers in Week 14 while totaling 93 of their 209 rushing yards on zone reads.
—Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Porzingis scored 25 points, including 15 in an impressive first quarter, and grabbed 11 rebounds — six defensive, five offensive — as Boston pulled away late in Denver to win 118-106.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
UConn pulled away quickly in the second half, forcing three turnovers against the Hoyas in the first four minutes and finding more consistency from 3-point range.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2025
The duo later pulled away from the Panthers in Week 14 while totaling 93 of their 209 rushing yards on zone reads.
—Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Porzingis scored 25 points, including 15 in an impressive first quarter, and grabbed 11 rebounds — six defensive, five offensive — as Boston pulled away late in Denver to win 118-106.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pull away
Verb
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The first stage, or the rocket’s bottommost portion, fired its engines for more than three minutes before detaching from New Glenn’s upper portion.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
16 Jan. 2025
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After birth, the placenta naturally detaches and is expelled after the baby is born during vaginal birth or is removed by doctors during a c-section.—
Christina Montoya Fiedler,
Parents,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Push too far into the unrealistic, and consumers will disengage.—
Salim Gheewalla,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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But that can prove difficult inside of an interaction format that naturally creates temptation to become distracted or disengaged.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2025
Verb
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At the time, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials said Rivera appeared to have been the same man who’d fled after deputies tried to pull him over for having a fake license plate.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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Forecasters warned that fierce winds could return to the Los Angeles area Tuesday, threatening the progress made to combat the deadly wildfires that have destroyed neighborhoods and forced tens of thousands to flee from their homes.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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The sense that any one of their lives could suddenly be upended by the chance to emigrate is felt in every scene, as if the reality of contemporary Cuba could not be disentangled from its increasingly porous relationship to the world at large.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
10 Jan. 2025
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However, as his work is soaked in fantasies about violent death, his final act is hard to disentangle from his books.—
Ian Buruma,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2025
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Editors are awash with clients and premium microphones are flying off the shelves.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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As guesses fly around the room—parrots, pythons, adopted children, and even beef brisket—the ladies are left trying to figure out what Toya could possibly be revealing.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
20 Jan. 2025
Verb
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As their military budgets shrank over the decades, European countries relied heavily on the United States for security, trusting in the NATO pledge that an attack on one member will be treated as an attack on all.—
Josh Holder,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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In the early 20th century, Black farmers owned 16 millions acres of land; today that number has shrunk to roughly a million.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Before putting the pruning shears in, Charles slightly jabbed them towards Stewart, and the musician pretended to flinch, causing both of them to laugh.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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But the Rams — on a mission to win and also lift the spirits of their devastated hometown — did not flinch Monday night.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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When the Los Angeles riots erupted in 1992, Americans recoiled at the fires silhouetting the downtown skyline.—
Shawn Hubler,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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American supporters of Israel recoiled, arguing that Carter had lost the objectivity that had guided him at Camp David.—
Laura King,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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“Pull away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pull%20away. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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