tugged

They ran into every argument and counterargument that have tugged, pulled and paralyzed other communities.

But just as he reaches the height of his fame abroad, the carpet is apparently being tugged from under his feet at home.

And what of Afriforum - the Afrikaner interest group that tugged at the ears of Trump's supporters for a number of years by lobbying and spreading right-wing propaganda, hoping to be heard?

Martin lacks sufficient hair to have literally tugged his forelock in Trump’s presence, but his position as supplicant — or itinerant entertainer, an Irish tradition if ever there was one — was obvious to all.

As Amata asked one question after another, the stranger tugged a mango off a tree and offered it to him.