pulled off
Example Sentences
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Bass spoke of 1960s-level crime rates, thousands of unhoused people pulled off the street into housing and efforts to build up Hollywood during her time as mayor.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
“The Alien,” as he is known, would seem unbeatable as a generational force in this league—until you remember what the defending-champion Thunder had pulled off just two days earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
O'Neill pulled off a feat of escapology that wouldn't have been required had the decision-makers above him not been so slapstick for so long.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
The attack couldn’t have been pulled off by Mythos alone and leveraged the very human cybersecurity expertise of some of Calif’s hackers, said Thai Duong, the company’s chief executive.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
And by the time James had pulled off the last boot of all and had lined them up in a row on the floor—twenty-one pairs altogether—the Centipede was fast asleep.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
