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Phobos' own gravitational field is extremely weak compared with the much stronger gravitational pull of the planet nearby.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
“I tried it in the fight against Taira, but I didn’t quite pull it off. But this time, you’ll see a different level from Joshua Van.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Enter Reinsve and Stan, an ideal pair of leads capable of providing the understated, baseline emotion that Mungiu requires to pull off an undertaking as tricky as “Fjord.”
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
For Savio, it may also be a wide player struggling to pull the ball back on their weak foot.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
I pull the map from beneath our seat.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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In her household, she pulls in an annual income Forbes estimates at $7.5 million.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Josh pulls back the curtain to reveal what he saw inside Arthur Ashe Stadium at 3 a.m.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Consequently, “if the stock market pulls back inflation should recede, growth prospects dim and the Fed back away from hikes,” he says.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
A change in wind direction at this time of year pulls warm, moist air northward from the Gulf of California and the tropical Pacific, triggering storms over mountainous terrain.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
My heart hurts for her as the woman pulls her close for a hug.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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The contrast was hard to miss when another leader at the same summit, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, also pulled back from his schedule for health reasons around that time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Unfortunately he's pulled out this week, which gives me an opportunity to try to claw back some ground that I lost last week in Ireland," said McIlroy, who is at eight under overall.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Two weeks later, he pulled out of the project citing scheduling conflicts, and Harington was announced as the new Lockhart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
A friend grabbed his arm and pulled him out.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
At last a train pulled into the station and we crowded eagerly to it, but it was for military personnel only.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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And the Bruins heeded the advice, scoring 21 first-quarter points before pulling away in the second half to take a 52-38 win in their Big Ten opener Saturday night at the Rose Bowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
When her slippers kept slipping off, she removed them, gathered her sari and ran barefoot, pulling ahead to win the women's 30-60 category.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
This finding—that since 2000 the number of recorded flood-related disasters has risen by 134% compared with the previous two decades—comes from a United Nations report pulling data from the Emergency Events Database.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Several hundred farmers demonstrated this month in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba against diesel costs -- one of them pulling a tractor with a rope.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
That’s when I realize I’ve been clawing and pulling at my clothes, trying desperately to break free of them and anything else that’s touching my skin.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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