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- noun Plural form of
pull . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
pull .
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Examples
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Each season the label pulls off a neat trick of marrying quirky British-born sensibilities combined with a New York-learned commercial sense.
The Guardian World News Imogen Fox 2012
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The term pulls towards the use of legislative history because one can still identify as a textualist without being as “pure” as Scalia on the issue.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Justice Alito’s Use of Legislative History: 2007
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In the final story, Robin pulls his teammates out of a graveyard in his mind, then leads the on a charge against the Antithesis.
Teen Titans 2009
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In “I believe I am” (46), Winke again pulls his title from the prose, but here, it did not balance the piece nor did it strengthen a work that I found to be too introspective.
June « 2010 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2010
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If Manchin pulls it out early Tuesday night, the GOP will need to win both California and Washington to retake the majority - a tall measure, to be sure.
Late Senate polls show GOP trending up slightly Aaron Blake 2010
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If Palin pulls away the latter, then the party will be split, guaranteeing they will NEVER hold elected office again!!!
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The United States has been among the worst of the meddlers: U.S. forces fought predacious warlords at the wrong time, backed some of the same predacious warlords at the wrong time, and consistently failed to appreciate the twin pulls of clan and religion.
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In “I believe I am” (46), Winke again pulls his title from the prose, but here, it did not balance the piece nor did it strengthen a work that I found to be too introspective.
jeffrey winke | i’ll tell you so « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2010
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Really good phone service, high quality fabrics plus real metal chain pulls, not the plastic variety, make this a step up.theshadestore. com
It Sara Ruffin Costello 2010
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Some collectors want to make sure that they get all the available pulls from a particular box.
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