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pull-quote

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[pool-kwoht] / ˈpʊlˌkwoʊt /

noun

  1. (in a magazine or newspaper) an excerpted line or phrase, in a larger or display typeface, run at the top of a page or in a mid-column box to draw attention to the text of the article or story from which it is quoted; blurb.

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Pull quote: "We want to surf more like the guys and do the same maneuvers as them, we're just trying to surf as good as we can."

From Time Magazine Archive

Pull quote: "Winning never gets boring, because none of it was easy."

From Time Magazine Archive

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