pulled up

verb

past tense of pull up
as in stopped
to bring (something) to a standstill the jockey tried to pull up the apparently injured horse

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Recent Examples of pulled up Jayvon and Jalen pulled up Nolan’s location on Snapchat while Wonsley tried to track his phone on the tracking app Life360. — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2026 Cornucopian, a 4-year-old son of Into Mischief, suffered an injury of undetermined severity nearing the quarter pole on the far turn and was pulled up by jockey Juan Hernandez. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2026 Bystander video filmed from a nearby car shows officers on the ground at an intersection, struggling with a man who is then pulled up to his feet. — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 23 July 2026 Lacy pulled up an old photograph of his parents standing together. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 July 2026 Maneuvering toward them, he was suddenly pulled up and flew with the swifts for about 25 minutes, up to over 6,500 feet. — Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 19 July 2026 Throughout all the commotion, Romelu Lukaku acted as decoy, holding on to the ball, fooling everyone, including the TV producer, who pulled up a graphic showing his recent penalty record. — Geir Jordet, New York Times, 15 July 2026 The volcano was still smoking last night as Jennifer Lopez and her team, freshly landed in Catania, pulled up at Dolce & Gabbana’s Alta Moda show. — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 14 July 2026 Police said a woman who had attended a party at Clifton Park, near the 2100 block of Sinclair Lane, was crossing the street when Leigh pulled up in his car. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled up
  1. stopped
  2. halted
  3. stalled
  4. caught
  5. brought up
  6. checked
  7. drew up
  8. arrested
Verb
  • There’s been no confirmation of the location of the moment, but that hasn’t stopped the controversy.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 27 July 2026
  • That hasn’t stopped actors who are fans of the books from throwing their hats into the ring for consideration, like MacFarlane’s friend and collaborator Seth Green.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 27 July 2026
Definition of stopped
Verb
  • Yet with a lack of funds, officials halted further work, leaving the stands partially destroyed and deserted.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • The state Department of Environmental Protection halted the practice in 2018, but residents continue to report oil and gas brine being spread in their communities.
    — Nathaniel Warner, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
Definition of halted
Verb
  • Getty Images The Philadelphia Phillies are in the final days before the MLB trade deadline searching for answers to an offense that has stalled at an inopportune time.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Ghiberti reportedly could not explain how the system should be assembled, and construction stalled.
    — Alicja Zelazko, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Definition of stalled
Verb
  • The breaches signal that AI’s expanding capabilities are already fueling the security threat experts long feared and even top developers can be caught off-guard by flaws their models can exploit.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • Samuel with Washington in 2025 caught 72 passes for 727 yards and scored six total touchdowns, and never signed an extension after his contract ran out.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of caught
Verb
  • And a new ‘Living Wage For All Act’ has now been brought up in Congress to address this.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
  • When host Seth Meyers brought up the sky-high stilettos Evans wears in the show, the performer, 47, clarified that the shoes aren’t the hardest part of his costume.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of brought up
Verb
  • Every year, around this time, the blueberry patch is checked often until the berries are ready for picking, our founder shared in a recent blog post.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 28 July 2026
  • Kurzweil describes a state of the machine, which can be checked against the machine.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of checked
Verb
  • Rudi Garcia then arguably drew up the game plan of the tournament, leaving Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku out of his starting XI and still managing to humiliate the hosts.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Other teams on the list James’ agent Rich Paul drew up are the NBA star’s hometown team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, as well as the Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
Definition of drew up
Verb
  • Marquez Christopher Pinder, 29, was arrested Sunday, according to Miami-Dade booking records and the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026
  • The woman was arrested and faces charges of discharging a firearm and evading arrest.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026
Definition of arrested

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“Pulled up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulled%20up. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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