of meat
: prepared after being cooked to tenderness by being pulled apart into pieces or shreds
pulled pork
pulled chicken
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Things didn’t go as well in the 200 where Malone suffered a pulled right hamstring and ended up ninth overall.
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Frank Rajkowski,
Twin Cities,
6 June 2026
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Frank Rajkowski,
Twin Cities,
6 June 2026
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“Pulled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pulled. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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