Words similar to yank

Example sentences for: yank

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We as soon say, “I'm an American” as “I'm American” or jauntily “I'm a gringo” or proudly “I'm a Yank.”
Since Republic still owned the copyrighted story behind It's a Wonderful Life and had also purchased exclusive rights to the movie's copyrighted music, it was able to essentially yank the movie out of the public domain: It claimed that since Wonderful Life relied on these copyrighted works, the film could no longer be shown without the studio's blessing.
Arnold will smash his head into the ground, then yank Steve's ponytail till he wails like a baby.
But then he pulls this: trying to yank a museum's funding because he doesn't like a picture that's going to be hung on the wall.
As in a real family, some characters struggle for ascendance, while one or two Prospero figures believe they can yank the others around.