tug
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AI agents may give everyday shoppers an edge, but the technology is igniting an even more intense tug of war over consumer dollars.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
The estate now faces a public tug of war over that legacy.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
You tapped into something really universal with the strife between boomer parents and their millennial children — a real tug of war for power that’s happening in a lot of people’s lives right now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Their model describes a computational tug of war between two fundamentally different kinds of neural organization, both of which are established even before birth.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
I tug on Emma’s hand, but she continues jumping and dancing down the sidewalk.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
So it tugs at my heartstrings to read about New Yorkers having to surrender their cats and dogs to shelters out of financial distress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
You’re doing fine, but something tugs at you from deep within.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
But even the casting itself deliberately tugs on our own memories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
And yet, it still tugs at the heartstrings.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024
I ran them the last two miles to where the stove was and unhooked their tugs so they could rest while I had coffee.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
One decision tugged at another, and by the time I checked out, dinner had become rigatoni with chicken, spinach and sun-dried tomato sauce.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The incident appeared to have tugged on something much deeper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Farmers in tractors tugged water cisterns and aimed hoses at the blaze.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
It’s a disorienting sight for newcomers who have just passed gas pumps and rows of soda and Slim Jims and tugged on various cooler doors in search of the secret handle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
He tugged at that poetic forelock and frowned.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Really labored breathing, kind of tugging in their belly, tugging between their ribs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
It refers to the way a rotating black hole twists the spacetime around it, tugging on nearby matter such as stars and causing their paths to wobble.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2025
“Other components of the economy are tugging on the consumer,” said Ivan Drury, an automotive analyst for the car-shopping website Edmunds.com.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
Omar Fateh steadied himself before the camera and flashed a smile between heavy blinks, the weight of a nearly sleepless night tugging at his eyelids.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2025
“Pay attention,” Aunt Kitty said peevishly, tugging the newspaper from my hands and setting it on the bench beside me.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
