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Example sentences for: pulling

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When these funds lost money in Russia, some lenders became nervous and demanded their money back--which meant the funds had to sell off assets, which meant pulling money out of Brazil.
Among their first moves: pulling a Kenyan businessman out alive from the rubble.
Perhaps--although I don't remember too many Republicans saying that the Gipper had irreparably jeopardized American security by pulling the Marines out of Beirut.
2) If you are a fellow Microsoftie pulling Prudie's leg to kill time before a Jolt Cola-break, why don't you get back to work, hmmm?
By 1984, when the bull market was just beginning, analysts were being called "minigods"; and by the late 1980s, top analysts were pulling down salaries in the high six figures, although they were still a long way from the Masters of the Universe terrain then reserved for bond traders and deal makers.