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Recent Examples of pull away
The driver quickly pulled away and spent 45 minutes in a parking lot at a nearby business before driving back to the hotel, arriving at 8:39 a.m.
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Noelle Phillips, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
The defendant was in the passenger's seat and leaped into the driver's seat, pulling away.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
Spread into a pan and bake until the edges pull away from the baking dish.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2024
After jumping out to a 21-14 lead in the first half, the Bills began to pull away in the third quarter as James Cook broke out for a 41-yard rushing score, and Allen connected with Khalil Shakir on a short three-yard touchdown to take a 35-14 advantage.
—Sam Joseph and, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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Noelle Phillips, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
The defendant was in the passenger's seat and leaped into the driver's seat, pulling away.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
Spread into a pan and bake until the edges pull away from the baking dish.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2024
After jumping out to a 21-14 lead in the first half, the Bills began to pull away in the third quarter as James Cook broke out for a 41-yard rushing score, and Allen connected with Khalil Shakir on a short three-yard touchdown to take a 35-14 advantage.
—Sam Joseph and, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pull away
Verb
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The first stage, or the rocket’s bottommost portion, fired its engines for more than three minutes before detaching from New Glenn’s upper portion.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
16 Jan. 2025
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After birth, the placenta naturally detaches and is expelled after the baby is born during vaginal birth or is removed by doctors during a c-section.—
Christina Montoya Fiedler,
Parents,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Push too far into the unrealistic, and consumers will disengage.—
Salim Gheewalla,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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But that can prove difficult inside of an interaction format that naturally creates temptation to become distracted or disengaged.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Refugees are people who are forced to flee their homes and are unable to return because of war and persecution.—
Carissa Zaffiro,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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The report found that 5% of the camps were created right after the quake in 2010, while an overwhelming number have sprouted up in response to the widespread gang violence that has forced Haitians to flee their homes and neighborhoods.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The sense that any one of their lives could suddenly be upended by the chance to emigrate is felt in every scene, as if the reality of contemporary Cuba could not be disentangled from its increasingly porous relationship to the world at large.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
10 Jan. 2025
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However, as his work is soaked in fantasies about violent death, his final act is hard to disentangle from his books.—
Ian Buruma,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Gonzalez Urrutia was leaving for Panama on Tuesday, and was planning to fly to the Dominican Republic on Thursday.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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During a controversial Trump Rally on October 27, 2024, the Hulkster passed that test with flying colors.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Cavuto’s exit also means the number of original Fox News stars continues to shrink.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Jan. 2025
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Across Africa, notably in Sudan, Russia’s shadow shrinks apace with the loss of Syria’s ports to relay supplies southward.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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But here at last, Adam lets Harry, a younger gay man who doesn’t bear the scars of that era, taste his cum without flinching.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
7 Dec. 2024
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Kidman is flinching and vulnerable, her Romy desperate for relief from her own mind.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
24 Dec. 2024
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When the Los Angeles riots erupted in 1992, Americans recoiled at the fires silhouetting the downtown skyline.—
Shawn Hubler,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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American supporters of Israel recoiled, arguing that Carter had lost the objectivity that had guided him at Camp David.—
Laura King,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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“Pull away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pull%20away. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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