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In at number one, though, is a force who made the £80m Real Madrid coughed up to prise him from Manchester United in 2009 look like pennies.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

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

Curran nicked off Mitchell but was unable to prise out another before New Zealand reached the winning line.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025

Inside was a note which had become glued together with age, so experts used special techniques and chemicals to prise it apart.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025

Ron was buried deepest: Harry and Hermione climbed, as quietly as they could, over all the wreckage to where he lay, trying to prise a heavy chest of drawers off his legs.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Robinson had already prised out Azan Awais and Abdullah Shafique by the time Archer removed Pakistan captain Babar Azam with an 89mph bouncer.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Any other business may depend on whether any of their current stars are prised away.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Moreover, Papic believes the Strait of Hormuz will be prised open shortly, not just because of America’s blitzkrieg but by a coordinated response from the rest of the world.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026

In the past, some of the documents, which are made from a thick paper-like material called papyrus, were prised open but they crumbled into pieces.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025

Lee passed Harry the egg, and Harry dug his fingernails into the groove that ran all the way around it and prised it open.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Liverpool are interested in the 25-year-old Sweden forward but know they would have to break the British transfer record to even stand a chance of prising him from the Magpies.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025

One black-clad officer crouched near the head of the grave, delicately prising a green-tinted hand free from the dirt, while a colleague stood by, holding a clipboard, making careful notes.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2022

At the time, the £34m Liverpool spent on prising Mane away from Southampton made him the most expensive African player in history.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2021

But prising him away from Spurs chairman Daniel Levy would prove extremely difficult, if not impossible.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2018

She was undressing her doll, prising the skirt off the plastic body.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie