pulled through
Example Sentences
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Surprisingly, the LFI does not appear to have been badly damaged, and pulled through the first round of the municipal elections with strong results.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
He was in a coma for eight days, but miraculously pulled through and is now back home.
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
The leaks occur due to a design element in which air you breathe on an aircraft is pulled through the engine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 14, 2025
We’re pulled through the window and into the eye of the storm, where a cow spirals around like it wants to outdo the scene-stealing bovine from “Twister.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025
Once, waking as the train pulled through a city at dawn, Lefty had mistaken a pillared bank for the Parthenon, and thought he was in Athens again.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
