pull

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It was only in May that Chinese users began to meaningfully pull from the nation’s various crude inventories, starting at around 500,000 barrels a day, according to maritime risk and intelligence firm Vortexa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

"And it's basically a sea of ions, which is why we base our technology around it, so we can pull those ions out into an electrospray."

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

“Butcher is aware on some level that he has this scorched-earth mentality and that he’s willing to do anything to get what he wants — and he needs someone to pull him back,” Quaid says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"So, we've got the challenge of trying to pull those two together and what we're seeing is significant job losses in the region."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“How’d he figure we were going to pull something on Tansy for her first day?”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck