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as in pulled
to draw out by force or with effort
practically every word had to be corkscrewed out of the tight-lipped witness
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as in curled
to follow a circular or spiral course
the trail corkscrews through dense woods to the top of the steep hill
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Chicago pulled within 21-16 on D'Andre Swift's 5-yard run early in the fourth quarter.—
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The slightly oversized cut offers comfort for long travel days, while looking pulled-together.—
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Dressed in an angelic all-white ensemble, Stewart’s hair is longer than most would recognize now and slightly curled.—
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Perhaps, curled inside the turbulent virginal atmosphere, Helm dreams of being a storm, has a prophetic vision of destruction, feels a natural calling.—
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Officer Alex Millan then yanked open the passenger door of the suspects’ car; at the same time, the car drove forward over the curb.—
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Furious too that anyone could think the defender had deliberately yanked the striker’s hair.—
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The lights, neatly coiled last January, have evolved into a glowing knot of holiday resentment.—
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Enormous ventilation pipes were coiled like snakes on the roof of the building.—
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Historically, concrete production depended heavily on natural sand and gravel extracted from riverbeds, a practice that led to severe environmental degradation in some regions.—
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Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkin seeds, or pepitas, are edible seeds extracted from pumpkins.—
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In car design, that meant a short roof that curved downward, for a sleek stylish look that did not preclude four doors.—
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But by the early 19th century, some mathematicians had started exploring other kinds of geometric spaces — ones that aren’t flat but rather curved like a sphere or saddle.—
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Firefighters pried part of the home open with an axe to douse the inside with water, the video shows.—
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The manager of a rental car company who reported the vehicle stolen believed the lockbox containing the keys had been pried open, and said two other vehicles were stolen from the same garage.—
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An all-star cast plucked from different corners of the pop culture firmament leads Ryan Murphy's All's Fair, a Hulu legal drama about female divorce attorneys who open their own practice.—
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Such is life in Marthaland, where homemaking tasks are plucked from the realm of everyday drudgery and elevated to a pure pursuit of excellence.—
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“Corkscrewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corkscrewed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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