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In what could be viewed as a rough start to its initial public offering rollout, Claude chatbot maker Anthropic reportedly sent details of its plans to bankers before having to yank them back.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Verdict: While the interpretation on hair pulling was relaxed for this season, meaning this would not be a red card, there appeared to be a yank of the hair by the Everton defender.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

It’s fascinating to watch Jack and Wendy jealously yank the power balance back and forth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Many of them compel me to yank my hair out, bang my head on the table, or do both simultaneously — if that’s possible.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

I yank a napkin from the holder beside us and wipe up the smears of purple.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

They’re about to kiss when her best friend yanks her away to go somewhere else, so she taps her number into Owen’s phone and dashes off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Unfazed by the crashing waves, 72-year-old Wu Feng-chiao yanks fistfuls of brownish-purple seaweed she will process into jelly, one of the last women in Taiwan keeping the marine harvest tradition alive.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

"As soon as I get his harness out, he yanks, which he doesn't normally, but he gets quite excited because he knows he is going in the sidecar," he continued.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

I gave the handrail a couple yanks until I felt the bolt start to yield.

From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2023

She runs her fingers across the vials, plucks one filled with violet liquid, and yanks out the stopper with a loud pop.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

The 65-year-old said he was around 15 when he was initially "yanked from behind" by Colin Turner beside a school noticeboard when he was running late for class.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The speed with which the poster was yanked down by Schmitt’s staffers told the entire story before the cameras.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

You can’t keep a beloved news team down, even after more than a decade since being yanked off the air in a move that stunned fans and local TV newsrooms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Concerns that old IT tools will become obsolete, stressing software borrowers, are part of the reason individual investors have yanked money from BDCs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

“I thought you were being quiet,” Jack said, and yanked on the sword.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

He left the oral arguments over birthright citizenship early, as if he were Charlie Brown and Chief Justice John Roberts were Lucy yanking the football away from him at the last second.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

At first it may seem like random grabbing and yanking, but look closer.

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026

Kim, handed a rare start with Dayot Upamecano out sick, was sent off in the 63rd minute, picking up a second yellow for yanking Raul Florucz's arm as the winger went on the attack.

From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026

It’s fairly ridiculous, that NFL teams are so starved for quarterback talent that they turn to hobbled 40-something mercenaries—look at Indianapolis, yanking a happily retired Philip Rivers out of the school carpool lane—but Rodgers delivered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

He still held the string between the stumps of his fingers, and kept yanking at it as if the drumming was sweet to his ears.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya