yank

"As Ozzy would say, 'when you want to remember me, just yank up the music really loud, as loud as you can get it, and just head bang'."

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Griffin, for his part, responded by threatening to yank Citadel from the Park Avenue development project.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

L.A. officials have long expressed concern that Trump and Congress might belatedly yank away $1 billion already set aside to reimburse state and local governments for security, planning and other Olympics-related costs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

The team still needs to haul the balloon to the ground and yank open the release vents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

When I first submerge my feet in the frigid water, they hurt so badly I yank them out again.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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

What a setback for anyone who saw a childhood ruined by Bucky Dent, or yanks the plug when the jukebox cranks up Billy Joel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 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

Davis' expressive performance welcomes the audience to flinch as she yanks between baseline honesty and the overwrought pep forcing Nella to chirp whenever Vera flings a task at her.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2023

Finally what happens, there's a noise from the back and these light skittery footsteps, and then my father comes awake so fast he almost yanks me from the chair.

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick

On the first morning at Headingley, Root yanked a wayward Jofra Archer from the attack after only two overs.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Greenberg yanked his bat back, looking like a young Ken Griffey Jr. He struck the ball hard, but sent a one-hopper straight toward a third baseman no older than 40.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

It essentially yanked TPS overnight and refused to give a legitimate justification.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

But just because the allegations against Jackson have been yanked from the film doesn’t mean that they aren’t still there, casting a shadow over almost every scene.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

We dropped the door shut, yanked the rug over it, and pulled the table back in place.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

And you certainly wouldn’t expect the 74-year-old Rinaudo seated at a century-old instrument, yanking pull-cords and pushing pedals while the machine in front of him whirs and whistles to a rag-timey tune.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

Emma whispered, yanking on his arm harder and harder.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix