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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
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
King clearly believes there is more Lampard can prise from the players he inherits.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2024
However, he signed a four-year deal at the Tractor Boys and would be expensive for United to prise from Ipswich.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024
“That’s all, then, is it?” asked Hermione, making to prise herself off the sofa.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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
The country is now trying to come to terms with the shock of what has just happened, now that power has been prised from the hands of the country's long-time ruler.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024
There were celebratory claps and cheers of "Christiania", as locals prised up heavy cobblestones and tossed them into wheelbarrows, one by one.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024
When the bin was prised open, officers found bags of washing powder stacked on top of concrete.
From BBC ● May 10, 2023
Leo prised open a service panel near the snake’s head.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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
“I remember that feeling of prising open a lid to express what I wanted to do and feeling so stupid immediately after. At the time I thought: ‘Oh, they’re right.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2019
Manchester United’s players naturally wanted to do anything and everything within the rules to stop Arsenal from waltzing in and prising the trophy directly from their hands.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 28, 2018
She was undressing her doll, prising the skirt off the plastic body.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
