Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puller
Noun
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From November 2023 until this January, the Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killing four sailors.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Apr. 2025 -
But those launches are usually accompanied by airspace and maritime warning notices to ensure pilots and sailors steer clear of the test.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Look at this first-quarter possession: Nembhard is the Pacers’ best on-ball defender and an elite screen navigator.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Opposing big men aren’t skilled screen navigators because they just aren’t used to that being required of them.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2025
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Prosecutors have also said swabs taken from O'Keefe's clothing near his injuries did not contain canine DNA.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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The suitcase's superpower is, first, that a swab placed into a little test tube can simultaneously test for multiple diseases.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025
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Join a kayaking excursion on the Mosquito Lagoon, Banana River or the Indian River Lagoon, and glide across dark waters that pop with sparkling trails of aqua and indigo when the glowing critters are disturbed by oars or passing fish.—
Emily Matchar,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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Elon Musk is sticking his oar in, George Santos is enduring, and Matt Gaetz is concerned about his contouring January 11, 2025 Reading Time: 5 minutes All through this feature’s brief year-end hiatus, the elite class of Attention Whores kept in fighting trim.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
11 Jan. 2025
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Although the news has caused plenty of excitement online, particularly among science and animal enthusiasts, experts warn to take the breakthrough with a pinch of salt.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Add 2 cups water and a generous pinch or two of salt; bring to a boil.—
Kelly Brant,
Arkansas Online,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The former officials all shared their memories of environmental conditions before the EPA and landmark laws protecting clean air and water came about, when air was often hazardous to breathe in many cities and tar balls routinely stained the feet of beachgoers.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Aromas of brownies, cedar, black licorice, tar, biltong and red cherries.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Captains and seamen alike reaped the benefits of having these scientists on board with them.—
Will McGough,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The captain of a diving boat has been found guilty of seaman’s manslaughter after one of his passengers died tangled up in the propeller, according to federal prosecutors in Florida.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 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 24 Apr. 2025.
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