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Example Sentences

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Jalibert landed his fourth conversion to bring his team to within a point but could not then prise another gap in the Pau defence.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

He has sought to prise their fingers from the party machine and gain control, you might say, “piece by piece”.

From BBC • May 31, 2024

In the event a dog does bite, "one of the worst things we can do is... try and prise the dogs' mouth open", Rosie adds.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2024

Nd5!!, putting a knight en prise with a rook already hanging in order to run down the Black king.

From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 2023

Velutha had to prise the sandpaper out of their fingers.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy