as in to detach
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Recent Examples of pull away
Bake until cookie is firm to the touch and edges begin to pull away from sides of skillet, 35 to 40 minutes.
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Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2025
But facing a top-10 opponent on the road is a tall task; mistakes will be magnified, and Kentucky won’t need many to pull away.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
The fourth quarter saw Lake Ridge pull away with its offense humming.
—Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2025
In the fourth quarter, when Michigan looked ready to pull away at last, Purdue marched 67 yards for a touchdown.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
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At one point, the actress became hyper-focused on social media posts after feeling detached from the group.—
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In an era defined by economic uncertainty, rising living costs, and a workforce increasingly detached from traditional career paths, Ben Hur’s perspective encourages a different way of thinking about how markets might be used.—
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Among other provisions, the ordinance echoes the state law in saying no one under age 15 can operate a Class 3 e-bike in the city and e-bikes must have an electric motor that disengages when the rider brakes or stops pedaling.—
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This indicates that sustained remote presence can help prevent students from disengaging entirely from school.—
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No one was injured, and the suspects fled before deputies arrived.—
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Other offenses include fleeing from police, escaping from the Northeast Regional Corrections Center, theft, trespassing and giving police a false name.—
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NBCUniversal’s Peacock is still making losses, and Apple TV’s economics are impossible to disentangle from its trillion-dollar parent company’s, but nevertheless the year in general will go down as a milestone.—
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The models disentangle the information related to representing a person’s identity from the information about motion so that the same motion can be mapped to different identities, or the same identity can have multiple types of motions.—
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The new system could replace the Stinger missile, which can engage low-flying aircraft such as helicopters, jets during takeoff or landing, and some drones.—
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With that possibility in mind, NASA and Roscosmos, the Russian federal space agency, agreed to fly one NASA astronaut aboard each Soyuz and one Russian cosmonaut aboard each Crew Dragon.—
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But the commissioners remain firm that too many solar projects could shrink the supply of local farmland and impact the county’s food production.—
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The Xiaomi surged ahead, and Mat reacted in disbelief as the Ferrari shrank in his mirrors.—
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His comment shouldn’t be interpreted as a postgame shot at an overwhelmed Red Raiders offense and, everything considered, his vaunted defense’s performance hardly resembled a unit that flinched at the challenges.—
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In this Tudor renovation, designer Barrie Benson combined 10 different textiles and prints in a single, orderly viewpoint without flinching.—
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Copper supply constraints have led to soaring prices and stockpiling in 2025 – and according to the CEO of one of the world's largest mining firms, elevated prices aren't likely to climb down anytime soon.—
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The man grabbed a ladder and helped his wife safely climb down.—
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“Pull away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pull%20away. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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