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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
Ivan was working at a 52-room hostel, Seely Hirst House in Nottingham, when Calocane approached the building and tried to prise open one of the windows.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 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
Miss Kenton continued very gently to prise the book away, practically one finger at a time.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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 significant international response helped bring about some incredible moments of the trapped being prised from under the rubble, even days later.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2023
Aleyna was gently prised from the ruins of a flattened apartment block, Turkish broadcaster TRT Haber reported.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2023
The pair - still entangled - were pulled from the pool by Beau's elderly grandfather and the boy was prised free from the animal by his dad Ben.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2022
She looked at photographs of these men and women and felt the dull ache of loss, as though they had prised open her hand and taken something of hers.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
Kevin De Bruyne is expected to be Manchester City’s final acquisition of the summer with the manager, Manuel Pellegrini, increasingly confident of prising the 24-year-old from Wolfsburg.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2015
She was undressing her doll, prising the skirt off the plastic body.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
