tug
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Uniforms that sprouts porcupine quills at the tug of a collar?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Beneath the surface of the Nasdaq composite’s 1% gain was a tug of war between Apple stock, which fell 7.4%, and Amazon’s which surged 15%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
A major shift could tug at the West African monsoon, tropical rainfall belts and rainfall over the Amazon.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Expect stocks to get more volatile from here as inflation, war, and a huge stock listing tug investors in various directions.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
“What is happening?” she whispered to herself, breaking away from the group, letting the tug pull her in the opposite direction.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
You’re doing fine, but something tugs at you from deep within.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
Sony Music Entertainment, which tugs at the tension between protecting intellectual property and the internet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
It found the pilot had not worked with tugs like Biter before and "did not understand" what the tug would be doing on the manoeuvre.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024
Before serving, he tugs at his shirt, brushes his hair back and wipes his face.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2024
Malik tugs at the strings of his hoodie.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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
This is not a museum-piece translation, a dusty tablet behind glass, but a reanimation, a voice tugged up from the clay and made to speak again in a tongue that is ours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
After a goalless first half, the game sparked into life when Manchester United were awarded a penalty after Alex Jimenez needlessly tugged back Matheus Cunha inside the box.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
Her mouth often pulls to the right when she speaks, her admirable non-native English tugged easterly in a Finnish accent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
They tugged at my fingers, and with their combined efforts I felt an actual pull to get up.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
You can feel the vectored torque tugging at the wheel as it fights off understeer in a tight turn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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
The starchy pasta water, slowly whisked in, binds it all into a sauce that clings and stretches, tugging at each bite with just enough tension to remind you that this is pasta, not soup.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
Let’s think about the terrifying theremin line that snakes through “Good Vibrations” like it’s tugging a flying saucer down onto Dockweiler Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
“Fix the crack in the Mirror!” he shouted, tugging backward on the reins.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
