yank
Example Sentences
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Griffin, for his part, responded by threatening to yank Citadel from the Park Avenue development project.
From Barron's • May 5, 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
And each time, because he didn’t yank him, Dave Roberts should get the save.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025
What’s more, they’re intimately knowledgeable of history, able to yank references from the past and stress their pertinence to our present.
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2025
I yank the flag out of the display.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Vocabulary lists containing yank
Unit 1: Telling Details
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