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A scheme in Teesside saw a tug of war between ministers over whether it should be used for a low carbon hydrogen energy scheme, or a massive new AI data centre.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

You tapped into something really universal with the strife between boomer parents and their millennial children — a real tug of war for power that’s happening in a lot of people’s lives right now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Their model describes a computational tug of war between two fundamentally different kinds of neural organization, both of which are established even before birth.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

Unsurprisingly, the replies tug at the heartstrings: “I’m so glad Dolly saved you; she was amazing, and you are too.”

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

These kids looked like they’d swallowed the one that had taken down the Titanic, and I couldn’t help but feel a tug of sadness for them.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

So it tugs at my heartstrings to read about New Yorkers having to surrender their cats and dogs to shelters out of financial distress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

A Ministry of Defence contract to provide 24 Royal Navy support vessels such as tugs was subcontracted to Serco which then gave the shipbuilding order to Dutch firm Damen.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

You’re doing fine, but something tugs at you from deep within.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026

But even the casting itself deliberately tugs on our own memories.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025

I turn toward him, stopping on the path, but he grabs my hand and tugs me out of pedestrian traffic.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

One decision tugged at another, and by the time I checked out, dinner had become rigatoni with chicken, spinach and sun-dried tomato sauce.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

The incident appeared to have tugged on something much deeper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

But it is the crisis over Greenland that has really tugged at the fabric of the entire transatlantic alliance between the US and Europe.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

Coaxed and tugged by rangers, a blindfolded giraffe totters into the specialised vehicle that will transport it away from an increasingly hostile environment to a new home in Kenya's eastern Rift Valley.

From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025

After a few painful strides, she caught up and tugged on the admiral’s sleeve.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

That size and athleticism often leaves defenders with no recourse but tugging, grabbing and hanging onto Smith for dear life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

It refers to the way a rotating black hole twists the spacetime around it, tugging on nearby matter such as stars and causing their paths to wobble.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2025

Omar Fateh steadied himself before the camera and flashed a smile between heavy blinks, the weight of a nearly sleepless night tugging at his eyelids.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2025

The image is iconic — Kobe Bryant letting out a roar while tugging on his gold Lakers jersey after scoring 49 points during a playoff win over the Denver Nuggets on April 23, 2008.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2025

Wolf was already through, tugging at her to follow.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver