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But more recently, the other 493 names in the index have started to pull their weight.

From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026

“I drive to work every morning and I know, at any moment, they could pull me over again.”

From Salon • May 24, 2026

The method uses a temperature responsive solvent to pull lithium directly from salty underground brines, even when lithium concentrations are low or mixed with other minerals that are difficult to separate.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

The computer wizards also added actions the puppets couldn’t pull off, like eating.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

It’s a red shirt, his red flag, reaching to pull me out of the depths of the endless sticky mud, and I feel again, my fingers slip through his.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam