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push and pull

VERB

rock

Synonyms

STRONGEST

convulse jolt shake shock sway swing

STRONG

agitate billow careen concuss falter heave jiggle jog jounce lurch move oscillate pitch quake quaver quiver reel roll stagger toss totter tremble undulate vibrate wobble

WEAK

roll about

Antonyms

STRONG

be still calm steady

WEAK

hold stabilize

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If it was all trouble and strife, depression and anxiety, push and pull, cooking and cleaning, loneliness and isolation, you would never stay in this relationship.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Competitors ski, push and pull sleds, row, burpee, lunge and throw heavy medicine balls at a target in an effort to finish in the fastest time.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

But scarier things like what has happened to Guthrie exacerbate this push and pull, Clare Ansberry writes in her piece this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

“Over the more medium, long term, you do need to have some mechanisms, some levers, to push and pull that will allow more supply to come into the system,” he says.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

I don’t take the mattress off to move my bed, just push and pull, a little this way and that.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

push and pull

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