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How to use the word Pulling in a Sentence? Page #7

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They're interdicting people at airports, pulling people from flights, not just in Nigeria but even as they land in the United States, and that work is jointly being done by Canada.

Ahmed Hussen

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We will not be able to compensate for everything that arises from companies pulling out of Iran.

Heiko Maas

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I remember I had a thumb injury and went into Strauss ’ office and Richard Strauss started pulling down my wrestling shorts, i ’m like, what the f --- are you doing ? And I went out and told Russ and Jim Jordan what happened. I was not having it. They went in and talked to Richard Strauss.

Dunyasha Yetts

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The boat flipped over and people started pulling the lines trying to pull her down and that was when the parachute line broke and then sent her down the Mexican coastline hundreds of feet in the air.

Brendan Malone

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Baker hides behind the chaos Trump creates. He hopes we’ll lower our expectations and simply be grateful he isn’t crazy like our president, well, Charlie, you can’t hide from us. We are pulling back the curtain on your failed leadership. We expect more from our governor. Not being crazy is not good enough.

Jay Gonzalez

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I didn't believe it was right, pulling a child away from its mother... it's not something I could do.

Jake Tapper

Found on CNN
5 years ago

If we're going to do something about Black Lives Matter then it starts with our local judicial system, it starts with our local policing powers, people are now connecting the dots to their lives and connecting that to the political power and influence and then pulling all of these pieces together to create real change.

Rhonda Briggins

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I definitely became more aware of how much I was becoming more and more clingy as they pulled away, which is a natural thing for boys to do. It’s been a real exercise in patience and also trusting that they’re not going to go away forever and that this is part of a normal pulling away. after thinking about it more, and realizing obviously I ’m trained as a scientist of both the male and the female body and as a mom of two boys, it was something that obviously I had some experience.

Mayim Bialik

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Of course it has something to do with guns, but it mainly has something to do with who's pulling the trigger and people with mental health and mental health crises, people who can't legally purchase firearms and possess them because they're felons or otherwise have a disqualifying record -- there's a lot of things we need to keep looking at.

John Cornyn

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I think they should because if you make a mistake it's better to admit it and move on. There's no way you can make any comments about John's condition because it's a sad condition and we're all pulling for him and praying for him.

Orrin Hatch

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I've struggled with the greens being as slow as they are, yesterday I was blocking them ; today I was pulling them trying to hit them harder... and release the toe of my putter and I just wasn't doing it right.

Tiger Woods

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

' You can do anything you want' is the first thing we tell them. If you look at the studies, the exercises that are prescribed to treat it, or attempt to treat it, are completely opposite of each other. Some focus on stretching, others focus on pulling it all together, and none of them work.

Elwin Mommers

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The problem for me is that [ Jarrar ] made those comments and then associated herself with Fresno State, she’s entitled to those comments, but now she’s messing with my education. Donors are pulling out from the Jordan College of Agriculture. Fresno State professor Randa Jarrar. ( Facebook).

Bailey Cook

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Elon Musk's war on day traders and analysts from big banks is like him being on the earnings call with a suicide vest on and pulling the cord. It's horribly incompetent with investors and results in the stock getting hit by roaring missiles.

Eric Schiffer

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

But President Trump promised that the U.S. would keep up pressure despite the positive signs from Pyongyang. We will not repeat the mistake of past administrations, maximum pressure will continue until denuclearization occurs. President Trump made similar warnings with respect to Iran when asked about the Iran nuclear deal, which President Trump is considering pulling the U.S. from if it ca n’t be strengthened. President Trump said it would n’t be appropriate to say if President Trump would use military force against Iran.

President Trump

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The strikes may convince( Russian President Vladimir) Putin to stop further use( of chemical weapons) by Assad as it remains clear we are pulling out of Syria. The strikes don't alter that reality.

Dennis Ross

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

The car’s pulling up to people almost looking like he’s going to hit them, and then [the other driver] slows down and aligns himself with our window on the passenger side … The guy on the passenger side, which is where my security’s sitting because I’m driving … he starts giving [my security guard] the evil eye.

Corey Feldman

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We started putting pressure on the local level, we got some volunteers and we went in and started pulling items out of the pits.

John Nelson

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We usually expect opinions on the operation of government to shift depending on which party is in charge. But there’s an ominous feeling by Democrats and Republicans alike that a ‘Deep State’ of unelected operatives are pulling the levers of power.

Patrick Murray

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It’s easier to give a child an iPad than encouraging them to do muscle-building play such as building blocks, cutting and sticking, or pulling toys and ropes, she noted. Because of this, they’re not developing the underlying foundation skills they need to grip and hold a pencil.

The Guardian

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Uma Thurman wanted clarity on what happened in that car crash, after all these years. Uma Thurman asked, could I get Uma Thurman the footage ? I had to find it, 15 years later. We had to go through storage facilities, pulling out boxes.

Quentin Tarantino

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Finally, a few blocks down, we see him pulling into the (drive-thru) of a burger place.

Mari Agredano-Quirino

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The pope is expressing his displeasure at the election of Donald Trump as president and with the Catholics who voted for him, it came as a huge surprise to the establishment of the church, who were pulling for Hillary Clinton.

Deal Hudson

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

You can learn a whole lot from the earth , that the lord has blessed us with . When pulling the grass up by it's roots, you can see that it isn't greener on the other side . Meaning we should always be faithful in all that we do including The relationships we have with others.

Misty Myers ( Perales)

added by anonymous
6 years ago

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