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Recent Examples of push around
The team has been pushed around, veteran Jamie Benn looks finished, and the lack of physical play is alarming.
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Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2025
Nevertheless, this ending looks awfully similar to years past: pushed around physically, overmatched and overwhelmed by what was supposed to be an inferior opponent.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 14 May 2025
The rest is being pushed around for industrial use, and that has challenges.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Yes, that WestRock plant — the big factory that looms over I-94 at Vandalia, the one with large metal beige walls and front-end loaders pushing around cardboard, the source (at times) of interesting smells.
—Ben Shardlow, Twin Cities, 15 May 2025
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Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2025
Nevertheless, this ending looks awfully similar to years past: pushed around physically, overmatched and overwhelmed by what was supposed to be an inferior opponent.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 14 May 2025
The rest is being pushed around for industrial use, and that has challenges.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Yes, that WestRock plant — the big factory that looms over I-94 at Vandalia, the one with large metal beige walls and front-end loaders pushing around cardboard, the source (at times) of interesting smells.
—Ben Shardlow, Twin Cities, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for push around
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Blurry Vision High sugar levels force the body to pull fluid from your tissues, including the lenses of your eyes.—
Barbie Cervoni,
Verywell Health,
15 July 2025
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These high taxes explain why Tesla was forced to set its prices so high in India, despite the country’s preference for EVs at much lower price ranges.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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This fosters a competitive market where vendors are compelled to innovate on value, not by locking customers into their ecosystem.—
Rajat Bhargava,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Flynn plays a man compelled to clean up the lawless cattle town of Dodge City.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
18 July 2025
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Nashville resident Kyle Caldwell this year said his 12-year-old son was charged with a felony and later pressured into pretrial diversion for posting an Instagram screenshot of a text message exchange that included threats against two Nashville schools.—
Kelly Puente,
The Tennessean,
14 July 2025
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These suits often have little to do with improving access — and everything to do with pressuring businesses into quick settlements.—
Aaron Hichman,
Mercury News,
12 July 2025
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Witnesses testified about whether the original detective and prosecutor in his case had coerced them into testifying against Bell at his 1995 trial.—
The Marshall Project,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 July 2025
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The school board responded that the materials did no more than expose the children to new ideas, and that in any case nobody was being coerced.—
Stephen L. Carter,
Mercury News,
8 July 2025
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These conditions are often seen when buyers are constrained (e.g., by high mortgage rates or economic uncertainty), or homebuilders have ramped up production in anticipation of higher demand that didn’t fully materialize.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
25 July 2025
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Nothing quite sums up the contrasting nature of the current era at Newcastle; fiercely ambitious, yet tightly constrained.—
Harry De Cosemo,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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She has been harassed, and her family name has been thrown all around the internet.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
19 July 2025
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This includes instances where Dashers harass customers for a tip.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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Police found the 48-year-old strangled and bludgeoned to death the next morning.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 July 2025
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After bludgeoning teams offensively for the first week of the streak, the Red Sox operated with little room for error throughout the Rays series.—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
13 July 2025
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Of course, the mom was more than happy to oblige and let her son plan out the perfect slumber party.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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Tsui would oblige, and has continued to throughout her life, making athleticism and personal strength pursuits, particularly swimming and surfing, as integral to her life as writing.—
Mickie Meinhardt
July 16,
Literary Hub,
16 July 2025
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“Push around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push%20around. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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