yank
Example Sentences
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They yank open industrial-grade zippers, unleashing a gust of helium, and dive chest-first onto the collapsing character.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
And each time, because he didn’t yank him, Dave Roberts should get the save.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025
Before he can yank the branch from his truck’s wheel well, the adults are on top of him.
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2025
The performance policy has echoes of so-called "rank and yank", which was popularised in the US by the former chief executive of General Motors Jack Welch.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025
I yank an envirosuit off the hook and scramble to dress him.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Vocabulary lists containing yank
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