• Kids from miles around came to see her and bring her carrots, and she greeted them all warmly and patiently, even when they shrieked or pulled cookies right out of her mouth.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'Dog Days'

  • Not so with cars ordered directly from Avtovaz or from independent dealers, which often arrive with windshields smashed, wiring pulled out or tires slashed.

    FORBES: Godfather of the Kremlin?

  • One or two gang members pulled out their cell phones and began placing a call.

    WSJ: Mexico's Drug Cartels May Have Become Too Powerful to Control

  • As of March 9, all of its lenders under short-term agreements had pulled out or told the company they would, New Century said.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Too often American troops have cleared out a town, city or neighborhood, only to have been pulled out--and the bad guys have promptly gone back in.

    FORBES: Unhealthy

  • Yer hands reached the bottom and ye pressed and pressed to push yer feet back up and if a big boy caught yer feet and pulled ye out or else that was you and ye went right the way in the water.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'Kieron Smith, boy'

  • As migrant workers pulled out of Spain or Ireland, the number of EU citizens living in Germany, Austria or Finland, but born elsewhere, went up marginally but not enough to compensate for the overall decline.

    WSJ: Europeans Stay Rooted, Despite Economy

  • The organisation is trying to rally interest, stressing that it does not send people to dangerous or unstable countries (it has pulled out of Zimbabwe and Pakistan, and has never worked in Yemen, where three American medical missionaries were murdered last month).

    ECONOMIST: Volunteering

  • The South West Devon Waste Partnership, which is behind the plans, said financial penalties would have to be paid if anyone pulled out of the deal or delayed the incinerator.

    BBC: Devonport incinerator contract gets council go-ahead

  • It's surprisingly intuitive, and you start to wonder if the Android version could borrow a few touches, such as swiping upwards to expand directions and location details (including reviews) or tucking the layer toggles into a menu pulled out from the right.

    ENGADGET: Google Maps for iOS hands-on Mobile

  • Gave up, pulled out, thought too small, or walked away from a fight worth having.

    FORBES: Beware Of Anecdotal Evidence For Women's Failure to Thrive

  • It is a vital national security interest of the United States to reduce these conflicts because whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower, and when conflicts break out, one way or another we get pulled into them.

    WHITEHOUSE: Nuclear Security Summit: Presidential Press Conference

  • If Boeing or Altria shares are even slightly depressed because some investors have pulled out, capital flows in from other sources.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • There had been confusion over whether or not the Indonesian would play, as he had reportedly pulled out because of a row with his national association.

    BBC: Taufik won the Olympic title at the 2004 Games in Athens

  • Their job is to prevent policies being pulled out of shape by inter- departmental tugs-of-war, or problems disappearing between the cracks at departmental boundaries.

    ECONOMIST: The cafeti��re theory of government

  • Tengo pulled out his paperback and started reading slowly, in a clear, audible voice, taking two or three breaks along the way to catch his breath.

    NEWYORKER: Town of Cats

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