Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puller
Noun
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An old safe that once contained drunken sailors’ valuables sits in the back corner.—
Derek Sandhaus,
Saveur,
10 July 2025 -
Between November 2023 and January 2025, the Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two and killing four sailors.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Think of them as corporate navigators—less GPS, more compass.—
Mani Padisetti,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Lesson 4: Less data, better decisions Without her phone, my wife had to relinquish her customary role as the navigator.—
JJ Rosen,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Noun
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The public may be aware of Ancestry.com or 23 and Me, where families can learn about their lineage through a DNA swab.—
Craig Shoup,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Detectives submitted one of the swabs that was collected from the kitchen closet floor to the Rapid DNA Kiosk at New London Police Department on April 18.—
Kellie Love,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There are no lanes, meaning clashes between oars are common if the two boats get too close to each other.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Following two incomprehensibly slow-motion collisions with other crafts, le photographer takes the oars.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Vanilla in baking is sort of like salt in cooking, although salt is equally important in baking!—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 July 2025
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Add garlic, poblano chiles, white onion and remaining 1 teaspoon salt; cook, stirring occasionally, until onion and poblanos are tender and onion is just starting to brown, 6 to 8 minutes.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Aromas of hickory, sage, smoke, molasses, tar and tarragon.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Trump and his allies have found a way to tar all of the sector with the brush of the Ivy League.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And, like the seamen, Celebrity faced a rapidly evolving crisis and changing guidelines.—
Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2025
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Government as a protector of health goes way back The U.S. public health service got its start in the 1700s service cared for seamen who were sick or injured.—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Paternoster Row stands a few blocks away from the Old Bailey courts and Newgate Prison, where so many sea dogs were dragged in chains, tried and sentenced to death.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
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The Collegeville outfit came with the mask of a scowling pirate with an open eye-patch that looked more like a black eye and a sickly green pallor that would shiver the timbers of the saltiest sea dog.—
René Guzman,
San Antonio Express-News,
2 Oct. 2024
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“Puller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puller. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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