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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
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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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Visby’s test, which is only for women, delivers results from a vaginal swab in about a half-hour that are around 97% accurate.—
Carmen Rios,
Flow Space,
18 Apr. 2025
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That means users collect a specimen at home (a swab, urine sample or blood sample) and send it to the test kit provider for results, which are usually ready within a few days.—
Catherine Pearson,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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This tough, low-maintenance podocarpus tolerates salt, drought, and heat, and resists deer browsing.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2025
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Clouds form when water vapor condenses around tiny particles like dust or salt.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Racy aromas of cedar, bay leaves, sesame, smoke, tar and salty black licorice.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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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
Noun
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Three of the Indonesian seamen also spoke separately to The New York Times.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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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
Noun
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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 29 Apr. 2025.
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