as in pulls
to draw out by force or with effort
you'll never tear that secret out of me
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The aesthetic pulls from track jackets, vintage soccer kits, and club jerseys styled casually.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026 -
This list pulls from Charlotte Observer staff and a social post asking for community feedback.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2026
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At Cincinnati's Christ Hospital, an AI tool that extracts incidental findings from radiology reports helped achieve a 69% early-stage lung cancer detection rate, compared with a national average of 46%.—
TIME Contributors,
Time,
27 Apr. 2026
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Experts have warned regional countries against cozying up to the Kremlin, which often extracts major economic concessions in exchange for assistance.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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Like a false note on an out-of-tune piano, a clunky verb, a sentence without rhythm, yanks the reader out the flow of the work.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Maden takes thee wine bottle from him and the officers reach for his wrists but Brown resists and yanks his arms back, the video shows.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Tears (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tears%20%28out%29. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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