yank

The filmmakers don’t guide you into this world so much as they grab you by the hand and yank you into its maze while you’re still deciding whether or not you want to enter.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

"As Ozzy would say, 'when you want to remember me, just yank up the music really loud, as loud as you can get it, and just head bang'."

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Griffin, for his part, responded by threatening to yank Citadel from the Park Avenue development project.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

The team still needs to haul the balloon to the ground and yank open the release vents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

I can’t take it anymore, so I yank Ziggy’s leash from her.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

They’re about to kiss when her best friend yanks her away to go somewhere else, so she taps her number into Owen’s phone and dashes off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Unfazed by the crashing waves, 72-year-old Wu Feng-chiao yanks fistfuls of brownish-purple seaweed she will process into jelly, one of the last women in Taiwan keeping the marine harvest tradition alive.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

"As soon as I get his harness out, he yanks, which he doesn't normally, but he gets quite excited because he knows he is going in the sidecar," he continued.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

When Aldridge tries to grab his right arm, Cure yanks it away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

Grandpa Ed finds their spot, yanks the parking brake.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

The speed with which the poster was yanked down by Schmitt’s staffers told the entire story before the cameras.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

On the first morning at Headingley, Root yanked a wayward Jofra Archer from the attack after only two overs.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

It essentially yanked TPS overnight and refused to give a legitimate justification.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

Because most fund managers can’t survive long periods in the doghouse without getting money yanked away, the superior strategy gets less crowded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

Professor Brown finished pulling the electrical sensors off my arms and legs, and I barely flinched as the sticky pads yanked out my arm and leg hair.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Last month, Kelly issued a temporary restraining order requiring the administration to restore the outlets’ credentials, rejecting, at least at that stage, the administration’s national security rationale for yanking access.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

In the 2018 national championship, Saban produced one of college football’s immortal moments by yanking starter Jalen Hurts for Tua Tagovailoa, who led an Alabama comeback and threw the winning touchdown in overtime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

At first it may seem like random grabbing and yanking, but look closer.

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026

Kim, handed a rare start with Dayot Upamecano out sick, was sent off in the 63rd minute, picking up a second yellow for yanking Raul Florucz's arm as the winger went on the attack.

From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026

She paused, eyeing us both so we knew just how much she disapproved of our yanking at our expensive simulation probes.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin