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That decision likely led NBC to yank the plug despite its high ratings, Fales-Hill admitted to Vanity Fair.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

Jones has tracked nearly 60,000 fake jobs that he says he has helped yank from the internet, most on LinkedIn and some on the website Teal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

"As Ozzy would say, 'when you want to remember me, just yank up the music really loud, as loud as you can get it, and just head bang'."

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Griffin, for his part, responded by threatening to yank Citadel from the Park Avenue development project.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

When she turns off the TV and opens her mouth to say something to me and Charlie, I sling my backpack over my shoulder, yank up my basket, and brush past her to the door.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

They’re about to kiss when her best friend yanks her away to go somewhere else, so she taps her number into Owen’s phone and dashes off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Unfazed by the crashing waves, 72-year-old Wu Feng-chiao yanks fistfuls of brownish-purple seaweed she will process into jelly, one of the last women in Taiwan keeping the marine harvest tradition alive.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

"As soon as I get his harness out, he yanks, which he doesn't normally, but he gets quite excited because he knows he is going in the sidecar," he continued.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Whenever he yanks players for mistakes during games, the coach has an assistant check in with them to discuss the issue and make sure they’re staying mentally prepared to return.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

She steps back in the small space to inspect me, yanks at one side and then the other.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

On the first morning at Headingley, Root yanked a wayward Jofra Archer from the attack after only two overs.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Then I remembered that the ceiling fan has one speed at which it rattles faintly but insistently, so I got out of bed, yanked the chain and sent the blades spinning faster.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

It essentially yanked TPS overnight and refused to give a legitimate justification.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

Clark, who made one basket during the game, had an animated discussion with White during a timeout before being yanked out of the lineup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

And with that, Clara yanked the ring from Hila’s hands and tossed it in Ashmodai’s direction, a little too wide, so that he had to reach for it, letting go of Boaz in the process.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

They’ve been so far ahead of the competition that the IOC once mulled yanking the sport from the Games.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

At first it may seem like random grabbing and yanking, but look closer.

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026

Kim, handed a rare start with Dayot Upamecano out sick, was sent off in the 63rd minute, picking up a second yellow for yanking Raul Florucz's arm as the winger went on the attack.

From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026

And you certainly wouldn’t expect the 74-year-old Rinaudo seated at a century-old instrument, yanking pull-cords and pushing pedals while the machine in front of him whirs and whistles to a rag-timey tune.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

Slopper was awake now, yanking out a few of the nicer feathers from Chi-Roy’s bird.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline