Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushed around
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Now, as China prioritizes renewable energy over coal, Yang is ahead of the change his fellow workers are being forced to confront.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026 -
Conflicting signals have set up a week in which investors are forced to position for starkly divergent outcomes.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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Like Ash Wednesday, Good Friday is a day where Catholics are obliged to fast and stay abstinent throughout the day until midnight.—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
1 Apr. 2026
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The famously-shy sophomore obliged, several of her teammates whipping out their phones to record the big moment.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2026
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The Epstein files have been a thorn in the DOJ leadership’s side for the past year, culminating in a new law that compelled the department to release all unclassified documents, videos, and photos related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Apr. 2026
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On June 15, 1215, rebellious nobles compelled King John of England to sign the Magna Carta.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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In the mid-twentieth century, the US government experimented on poor Black men in Tuskegee, Alabama, to understand the life-cycle of syphilis; the men were coerced into remaining in their study for decades despite the fact that the disease’s cure, penicillin, had been discovered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
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Inspired by a real-life Northern Bank robbery, No Ordinary Heist centers on two feuding bank employees who are coerced into perpetrating Ireland‘s biggest bank heist after their families are kidnapped.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2026
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Its private sector — though constrained — has demonstrated adaptability under extreme conditions.—
Oscar de la Rosa,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has constrained oil supplies, driving up transportation costs for a range of industries.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Rabell was pressured to sign money transfers and a power of attorney document and pay a $2,000 deposit to an owner, adult protective investigator Eneida Senrra said under oath to Gardner, the Inspector General investigator.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Worries about that and pressured profit margins for companies meant the S&P 500 closed Tuesday with its worst loss for a quarter since the summer of 2022.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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Lumpkin’s daughter, Alisha Keeney, who was 12 when her father was bludgeoned to death, told the court her mother had not served enough time for the brutal slaying.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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Almost a month later, she was found bludgeoned to death in a creek in eastern Williamson County.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Mar. 2026
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One in six says staff have been harassed in church.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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Cooper said Iranian warships had threatened and harassed regional shipping for decades.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Pushed around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushed%20around. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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