pull off
Example Sentences
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The projectile-heavy attacks are challenging logistically to pull off, requiring integrated systems that can coordinate strikes by weapons traveling at vastly different speeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
A leitmotif of the book is the author’s slow discovery that the internet connection she needs to pull off the single-handed race impedes her ability to enjoy fully what she’s seeing and achieving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Should they pull off an upset and beat the Czechs, GB would next play the winner of the quarter-final between Kazakhstan - who are without Rybakina - and Spain on Friday.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Enter Reinsve and Stan, an ideal pair of leads capable of providing the understated, baseline emotion that Mungiu requires to pull off an undertaking as tricky as “Fjord.”
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
He stands there, trying to pull off the knee-high black rubber boots from his new job.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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