pull
Example Sentences
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Another risk is that household wealth has been buoyed by years of equity gains, and a sustained selloff could cause consumers to pull back, undermining an engine of economic growth.
Eight of Scotland's 10 wickets fell as batters attempted to sweep, pull or heave the ball into the leg side.
From BBC
“In most U.S. counties, the cost of buying a home has pulled decisively away from what local incomes can support,” Fed researchers wrote.
From MarketWatch
But scarier things like what has happened to Guthrie exacerbate this push and pull, Clare Ansberry writes in her piece this week.
“We just kept going. And when one person has a good day, somehow that helps pull the next person up. Like, ‘OK, my best friend just did that.
From Los Angeles Times
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