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If the storm moves to our north, it may drag up some humid, tropical air and push our temperatures upwards.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2024

The Ranger XP Kinetic, for example, is more powerful than its gas-powered siblings and excels at towing: It can drag up to 2,500 pounds.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2023

“They’re going to pull out everything they can, drag up any dirt they can on me to make me look like this awful person,” he told the paper.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 31, 2015

For the last of the lobstermen, the difference lies — or more likely, does not lie — in the pot at the end of the rope they drag up from the water.

From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2011

I got a piece of rawhide string and patched up the trace chain, and Mama and Lisbeth used Jumper to drag up big dead logs.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson


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