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She must operate a control pad to manipulate the appendages of a brain-dead coma patient and take him on a cross-country trip so his mother can say goodbye and legally pull the plug on him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
In Kansas City, small businesses reported that they are cutting jobs as lower- and middle-income consumers pull back on discretionary spending.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
It meant 17-year-old Marcus Rashford, not Keane, was on the bench for the Europa League tie against Midtjylland three days later when Anthony Martial was injured in the warm-up and had to pull out.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The vessel was mostly underwater and a “massive rescue operation” was conducted to pull people out of the top level.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
He angled himself toward the realm of Progress, but no pull came from that direction either.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
This motion occurs when a star moves slightly toward and away from Earth as an unseen, massive object pulls on it while orbiting.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
An influential UC admissions committee abruptly pulls back its road map for studying whether the university should reinstate SAT tests in admissions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Hathaway pulls off another outstanding performance as Penelope, the wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The White House launched the webpage in May 2026, billing it as a live map of active immigration arrests across the country that pulls from ICE data.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
She produces a set of keys with her right hand and with her left grabs a folding gate—how did I not notice there was a gate before—and pulls it across the width of the entrance.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Several ships have been pulled from the Middle East to help challenge Beijing’s assertion of power in the Pacific.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
However, by May 12, the deal had fallen through and the home was once again pulled from the market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
He pulled Messi away from the right wing and placed him at the tip of the forward formation - but without the job of a traditional striker.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The announcement came days after UC’s faculty admissions board pulled back on its study plan without offering alternatives or giving a public explanation as to why it rescinded its vote on the original plan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Back in the dining room, I pulled back the coverlet from the baby’s face.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
"I'm hearing of a lot of companies that are interviewing multiple candidates across the board but are not pulling the trigger on actual hiring decisions."
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Rather than collapsing to the turf in tears, or pulling his shirt over his face, Batty held his head high.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“The flare-up of military confrontation between the U.S. and Iran risks pulling AUD/USD down to support at 0.6847,” the economist and currency strategist says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Price also confessed, “We’re pulling from Bob Dylan, ‘Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid.’
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Slowly, appalled at what she was doing, she crawled towards the slit, pulling the reluctant cub with her.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
