The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PULLOUTS
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What does PULLOUTS mean?
PULLOUTS noun- The practice of luring a whole team of employees away from a competitor and hiring them oneself.
- A quotation taken from the main text and given special visual treatment.
- A withdrawal, especially of armed forces.
- The change of the flight of an aircraft from a dive to level flight.
- An object, such as a newspaper supplement, that can be pulled out from something else.
- An area by the side of a road where vehicles may temporarily stop in safety. Typical pullouts allow drivers and passengers to safely exit the vehicle but rarely have additional amenities.
- The ending of a period of surfing by navigating the board into or over the back of a wave.