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pulling

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pull, pullingnoun

    the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you

    "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back"

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  1. pulling

    Pulling is the act of exerting force on something in order to cause movement towards the source of the force. It often involves holding onto an object and applying a force that draws it closer. It is the opposite action of pushing, which moves an object away from the source of the force.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pulling

    of Pull

Wikidata

  1. Pulling

    Pulling is a BBC comedy series, produced by Silver River Productions and broadcast on BBC Three, about three single female friends who live in Penge, south-east London. It was co-written by Sharon Horgan and Dennis Kelly and stars Sharon Horgan as Donna, Tanya Franks as Karen, Rebekah Staton as Louise and Cavan Clerkin as Karl. Pulling was the last comedy show developed by Harry Thompson before his death. The first series of six episodes was first shown in 2006 on BBC Three, then repeated on BBC Two in early 2008. A second six-episode series of Pulling aired on BBC Three from 23 March to 27 April 2008 and a final one-hour episode aired on BBC Three on 17 May 2009. In Australia, series one and two was first aired back-to-back on ABC2 each Thursday at 10pm from 5 March 2009 although the final one-hour episode is yet to be screened by the network. Repeats have been screening on rotation through UKTV. In 2007, the series was BAFTA nominated for Best Situation Comedy while Horgan won a British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Actress in 2008. In the same year, it was announced that Pulling had been cancelled by BBC Three.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. pulling

    The act of rowing with oars; as, "Pull the starboard oars," "Pull together."

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PULLING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pulling is ranked #42858 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Pulling surname appeared 505 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pulling.

    89.9% or 454 total occurrences were White.
    5.9% or 30 total occurrences were Black.
    1.9% or 10 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.5% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'pulling' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4054

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'pulling' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2511

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pulling in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pulling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of pulling in a Sentence

  1. Evan Falchuk:

    The many elected officials in Boston 2024's corner looked the other way for months, even when it became clear that Boston 2024 had been less than truthful about what it wanted from taxpayers, what those officials couldn't ignore was the real, credible threat of a binding vote, which is what ultimately led to the USOC pulling the bid.

  2. Mark Brnovich:

    The Public Charge Rule is a commonsense policy based on a real inconvenient truth. Overrunning our welfare programs right now would be like pulling back the last safety net for Americans who need it most.

  3. Jay Gonzalez:

    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.

  4. Abigail Spanberger:

    [A]fter first signaling her opposition to these reforms, the Speaker purportedly reversed her position, however, our bipartisan reform coalition was then subjected to repeated delay tactics, hand-waving gestures and blatant instances of Lucy pulling the football.

  5. Aaron Jett:

    What did the best the last three days, meaning financials, energy and biotech, are pulling back the most today, so that certainly makes sense, and it just looks like profit-taking today.

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