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pull

verb as in attract

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His first assignment was a Nations League campaign, and his team pulled off an improbable promotion to the top tier thanks to last November's thumping 4-1 win over Iceland – and Montenegro's win against Turkey.

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Agar was 19 years and 269 days when he pulled on his baggy green.

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When Spain pulled out of Western Sahara in 1975, both Morocco and the Polisario, which was founded two years earlier, claimed the territory.

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Following the reports, senior politicians warned that the crime networks were acting as a pull factor for illegal migration to the UK.

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Gold, which some analysts say has been trading more like a speculative stock than a safe asset, also pulled back.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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