pulled

Example Sentences

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Its gravity then pulled in normal matter, creating dense regions where stars and galaxies could begin to form.

From Science Daily

Its rolls increased dramatically over the last several years as its member insurers pulled out of fire-prone neighborhoods, leaving them little choice but to buy the plan’s expensive but limited policies.

From Los Angeles Times

Excavators were at work along the shoreline - houses built on wooden stilts over the lagoon were still being pulled down, their planks collapsing into the water below.

From BBC

The gradual slowdown is in some ways a continuation of decadeslong trends that pulled factory jobs overseas and helped empty out Midwestern cities.

From The Wall Street Journal

I must have pulled the cap off my pen without noticing, and now my hands are an iridescent pink.

From Literature