Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puller
Noun
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The Navy also renamed the USNS Maury to the USNS Marie Tharp, removing the name of a Confederate sailor and replacing it with the name of a pioneering female oceanographer.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
3 June 2025 -
Starting in August 2021, then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin required the COVID-19 shot for troops, sailors and airmen, arguing at the time that the mandate was critical to keeping U.S. forces healthy and ready to fight.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Similar to traditional Polynesian and Micronesian navigators, the Minoans may have mapped the rising and setting of stars to specific angles on the horizon, says Berio.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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For the first time, the event will feature a custom digital navigator powered by Walkabout, a company headed by North Park resident Tyson McDowell.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Two days later, police took a number of items from inside and multiple DNA swabs.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
24 May 2025
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It was brought to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and four months later an unidentified male DNA profile taken from swabs of the woman was entered into the state’s DNA databases and the National DNA Index System.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
20 May 2025
Noun
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That's not a time to drop the oars and just go with the flow.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Someone was even sent to prison after the 2012 race — no, not for getting over-eager with an oar, but for protesting against elitism and government cuts.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Basil salt Finely grind a few dehydrated basil leaves and combine with your favorite coarse salt.—
Claudia Alarcón,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Its surface was carefully treated to recall hardened sand or encrusted salt.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Smoke, tar, sandpaper and leather aromas, as well as blue and blackberries.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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They’re made of rubber, so they can be used in a variety of situations: during rainstorms, on hot tar or in snowy weather.—
Christopher Murray,
Fox News,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Government as a protector of health goes way back The U.S. public health service got its start in the 1700s service cared for seamen who were sick or injured.—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
13 May 2025
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Lunde had joined the merchant fleet as a seaman in 1934.—
Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Paternoster Row stands a few blocks away from the Old Bailey courts and Newgate Prison, where so many sea dogs were dragged in chains, tried and sentenced to death.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
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The Collegeville outfit came with the mask of a scowling pirate with an open eye-patch that looked more like a black eye and a sickly green pallor that would shiver the timbers of the saltiest sea dog.—
René Guzman,
San Antonio Express-News,
2 Oct. 2024
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“Puller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puller. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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