yank

"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

How could her child be so cruel as to yank her home out from under her feet in her declining years?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

Every plot detail feels like a balloon drifting ever so slowly into the air, waiting for a character to grab the string and yank the story balloon back down to reiterate it.

From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2026

I took hold of the handle and, gathering all my strength in my arm, I gave it a mighty yank.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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

What a setback for anyone who saw a childhood ruined by Bucky Dent, or yanks the plug when the jukebox cranks up Billy Joel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 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

Then Haymitch yanks the microphones from our chests, stuffs them beneath a couch cushion, and waves us on.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

If you’re a Dodgers fan, you know the rest of his baseball story: In his major league debut, Stripling was five outs from a no-hitter when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts yanked him.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

“It feels like … a lifeline is being yanked out from underneath a lot of people.”

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

But just because the allegations against Jackson have been yanked from the film doesn’t mean that they aren’t still there, casting a shadow over almost every scene.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

She yanked her earbuds out and whacked the hand that was gripping the back of the sofa.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

He tried backup center Steven Jamerson II for a little more than a minute before yanking him after Jamerson committed a foul.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026

It’s fairly ridiculous, that NFL teams are so starved for quarterback talent that they turn to hobbled 40-something mercenaries—look at Indianapolis, yanking a happily retired Philip Rivers out of the school carpool lane—but Rodgers delivered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

The latter, for instance, is yanking Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest” out of theaters this Friday after a two-week limited run, moving it onto the Apple TV+ streaming platform.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2025

A wall of humans swells toward us with squealing children leading the way, yanking their parents forward by the hand.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen