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Example Sentences

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Shows like “Saturday Night Live” serve to pull back the curtain and reveal the synthetic nature of the law-making and deal-forging that goes into running the country and impacting our lives.

From Salon

They managed to pull her from the pool, but were unable to locate her sister.

From BBC

He crept through, then reached back round to pull the door closed and replace the false panel.

From Literature

He pulled a crumpled bit of purple seaweed out of his pocket to dangle in front of my nose.

From Literature

“If my mom pulled up to school to drop me off playing Spanish hits from the ‘80s or banda, I was like, ‘Can you turn it down please?’

From Los Angeles Times