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yanked

verb as in pull hard and fast

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As his wife, Paula, started driving, he quickly yanked the garage door back down.

Then he yanked up that bridge up and decided, at age 81, to seek another term.

The other fan then grabbed the wrist of Betts’ throwing hand and yanked on it so the outfielder couldn’t grab the ball, which squirted out of Betts’ glove and fell onto the dirt warning track.

Peterson's last conversation with Kennedy was yanked off YouTube for promoting vaccine misinformation.

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When Wang tried to run downstairs, Hart yanked him back up the stairs, ripping his shirt collar, prosecutors say.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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