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puller

  • a word derived from pull.
    pull
    verb (used with object)
    to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position.

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The rocks are melted down at 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit to form perfect silicon “crystals” inside a 35-foot-tall machine called a crystal puller.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

I mean, we’ve got a guy who’s a focus puller, Stratt, I love him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025

“I thought my family would never have power at home,” said Abdul Halim, a rickshaw puller in Dhaka.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2024

Rain or shine, Mohammad Shukkur Ali, a rickshaw puller in his 50s, shows up for work on the streets of the Bangladesh capital Dhaka.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2023

In his fourth or fifth year as a puller he started doing tricks.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen