pull
Example Sentences
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"The coast guard also pulled people off of debris out in the ocean."
From BBC
While Byrne didn’t pull off a deserved underdog win last week, an Oscar nomination — alongside her Golden Globe win in January — carries a certain cachet regardless.
From Salon
More than 230 people were pulled from dangerous conditions statewide, while crews conducted dramatic rooftop evacuations at the height of the flooding.
From Salon
“Gemini pulls from YouTube results far more than ChatGPT does, for example.”
Beyond natural resources, adversaries have plenty of other levers to pull.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
