tug

When it comes to the future direction of the global economy there is a bit of a tug of war going on.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

In the tug of war between bears and bulls, each side is anchored by data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

AI agents may give everyday shoppers an edge, but the technology is igniting an even more intense tug of war over consumer dollars.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

You tapped into something really universal with the strife between boomer parents and their millennial children — a real tug of war for power that’s happening in a lot of people’s lives right now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

The spell to pull or tug on something, usually an object, never ever used on a person.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

You’re doing fine, but something tugs at you from deep within.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026

Sony Music Entertainment, which tugs at the tension between protecting intellectual property and the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

Still, it tugs on a topical issue within its comedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025

It found the pilot had not worked with tugs like Biter before and "did not understand" what the tug would be doing on the manoeuvre.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024

Mouse Girl tugs on my raggedy T-shirt to hold me back as she elbows her way ahead.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

One decision tugged at another, and by the time I checked out, dinner had become rigatoni with chicken, spinach and sun-dried tomato sauce.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

This is not a museum-piece translation, a dusty tablet behind glass, but a reanimation, a voice tugged up from the clay and made to speak again in a tongue that is ours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

The image of a fluffy white dog cowering in a corner tugged on heartstrings across the globe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

But it is the crisis over Greenland that has really tugged at the fabric of the entire transatlantic alliance between the US and Europe.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

They jerked the table back, snatched away the rug, and tugged open the trapdoor.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

After tugging his short shot at history left of the hole, Herbert bent over in disappointment before composing himself to tap in.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

It refers to the way a rotating black hole twists the spacetime around it, tugging on nearby matter such as stars and causing their paths to wobble.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2025

“Other components of the economy are tugging on the consumer,” said Ivan Drury, an automotive analyst for the car-shopping website Edmunds.com.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025

Omar Fateh steadied himself before the camera and flashed a smile between heavy blinks, the weight of a nearly sleepless night tugging at his eyelids.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2025

Mr. Bangs was tugging on his thick mustache and watching me with a worried expression.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan