Flies
Flies noun - Theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains.
Pulls
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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He pulls a steel door off its hinges when he gets annoyed and flies over the fence to pick up a lost basketball.
Source: Film / Hancock -
Alexis instead pulls a Wounded Gazelle Gambit on the cutter, captures it, and flies it home, and the Prize Court gives her full credit for the capture due to Neals' absence.
Source: Literature / Alexis Carew -
She pulls the arrow out, glares with her remaining eye at the protagonist, and flies off, swearing vengeance.
Source: Normally, I Would Be Dead Now
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