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as in contained
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
a company that cannot manage to pull in costs will not be in business for very long
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as in arrested
to take or keep under one's control by authority of law
he was pulled in after a random traffic stop turned up drugs in his car
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Recent Examples of pulled in
His performance earned him hearty pats on the back from Counsell when he was pulled in the sixth and loud cheers from the strong Cubs contingent among the 40,193 fans at American Family Field.
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Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
By conservative estimates, one has pulled in $320 million this year alone, while another sold $550 million worth of tokens.
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Nicholas Riccardi,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
The probe would need to keep its rocket engine on the whole time; otherwise, it would be pulled in by the celestial body’s gravity.
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Govert Schilling,
Scientific American,
27 June 2026
In the stands, Norwegian fans in Viking caps pulled in synchrony as if rowing on an invisible longship.
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Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
Since launching ChartSync, athenahealth has pulled in about 1 billion pieces of healthcare data on allergies, medications and other information from 42 million patients, says Lambson.
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Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
The Diamond Rose, produced by Scott Brown, a former creative collaborator of MrBeast, pulled in more than 20 million views in its first 24 hours.
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Maxwell Adler,
Vanity Fair,
25 June 2026
Parallel, founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, recently raised $100 million at a $2 billion valuation; another AI native search company, Exa, pulled in $85 million; and another called Tavily was acquired by the AI-cloud company Nebius for up to $400 million earlier this year.
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Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
The eighth season of the series has pulled in record streaming numbers for Peacock, according to Deadline, with a 74 percent increase in minutes viewed compared to last year’s already record-setting numbers.
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Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2026
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
By conservative estimates, one has pulled in $320 million this year alone, while another sold $550 million worth of tokens.
—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
The probe would need to keep its rocket engine on the whole time; otherwise, it would be pulled in by the celestial body’s gravity.
—
Govert Schilling,
Scientific American,
27 June 2026
In the stands, Norwegian fans in Viking caps pulled in synchrony as if rowing on an invisible longship.
—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
Since launching ChartSync, athenahealth has pulled in about 1 billion pieces of healthcare data on allergies, medications and other information from 42 million patients, says Lambson.
—
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
The Diamond Rose, produced by Scott Brown, a former creative collaborator of MrBeast, pulled in more than 20 million views in its first 24 hours.
—
Maxwell Adler,
Vanity Fair,
25 June 2026
Parallel, founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, recently raised $100 million at a $2 billion valuation; another AI native search company, Exa, pulled in $85 million; and another called Tavily was acquired by the AI-cloud company Nebius for up to $400 million earlier this year.
—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
The eighth season of the series has pulled in record streaming numbers for Peacock, according to Deadline, with a 74 percent increase in minutes viewed compared to last year’s already record-setting numbers.
—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled in
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Flames raced through rows of vehicles at a Rancho Cordova salvage yard Friday evening, engulfing between 50 and 100 vehicles before more than 70 firefighters contained the blaze and kept it from spreading to neighboring businesses.
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Last July, the Reno Police Department in Nevada said in a news release that a truck shipment managed by Ceva Logistics that contained about $15 million in semiconductors and Apple products was stolen.
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Twenty-six people were detained and six of them were arrested on outstanding warrants.
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The Dodge Durango driver fled after the fatal collision and has not been arrested.
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Envioscuba uses warehouses controlled by GAESA, the conglomerate run by Cuba's military that was recently sanctioned, according to the Associated Press.
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Britain controlled Florida from 1763 until the territory was returned to Spain at the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, a period of 20 years.
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Merchandise including counterfeit perfumes, Rolex watches, knockoff Knicks apparel, sunglasses, electronics and Labubus were seized, in addition to $145,000 in cash, police said.
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Barely six months ago, US special forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from Caracas in a daring and deadly raid.
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Officers kept some witnesses at the scene for questioning and blocked off streets in the area.
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Ray settled in and kept the Rockies at bay before turning the game over to the bullpen.
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When Kennedy approached the rider and grabbed the handlebars to check whether the bike was registered, the rider refused to get off and allegedly tried to pull away.
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Maura Higgins, breakout star of The Traitors, grabbed her best tennis whites to ace the style assignment at Wimbledon 2026.
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Oil can be produced, taxed, regulated, and wound down on a schedule, without being sold to a saver as a contribution to the energy transition.
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Currently, the only product that is regulated federally with date labels is infant formula.
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The two sides ran in slates aligned against one another.
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Ken’s parents also influenced how rinks were ran in the area, the two said.
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“Pulled in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulled%20in. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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