as in to fulfill
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the rebel forces pulled off a surprisingly successful offensive against the better equipped government troops
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Recent Examples of pull off
So how did the Horns pull off their 40th straight home win?
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Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
On his second, Dominique pulled off a savage windmill, the same dunk that had earned a perfect score the year before and won him the title.
—Kevin Sherrington
feb. 10, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Late last month, Hudson pulled off an unconventional styling trick for a London outing.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
Before that, however, more than 40 years had passed since a kicker had pulled off that feat.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
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Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
On his second, Dominique pulled off a savage windmill, the same dunk that had earned a perfect score the year before and won him the title.
—Kevin Sherrington
feb. 10, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Late last month, Hudson pulled off an unconventional styling trick for a London outing.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
Before that, however, more than 40 years had passed since a kicker had pulled off that feat.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pull off
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Androw, owner of E & D Pizza in Avon and a leader on the national pizza scene is known for using pizza for good causes from hunger to fulfilling the wishes of terminally ill children.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Amazon distribution center in Stone Mountain is preparing to fulfill thousands of orders for Cyber Monday.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Afterward, Azevedo pushed other councilmembers to pass an emergency shelter ordinance that would have made striking a deal for the housing units easier to accomplish, prosecutors claimed.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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From afar, this may seem tough to achieve, the sort of magic trick only a pastry chef could accomplish.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
11 Feb. 2026
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By controlling edge recombination through passivation, these wafers can maintain strong carrier collection and high efficiency, translating their theoretical advantages into practical, high-performing solar cells.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Feb. 2026
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During dinner, musician Malcolm McRae — who’s featured in Simkhai’s campaign imagery, and is also Anya Taylor-Joy’s husband — performed a song for the crowd, while Mia Moretti stepped up for DJ duty.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
14 Feb. 2026
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For instance, an athlete might restrict food intake to find focus, or delay eating to achieve a specific goal that day.—
Emily Hemendinger,
The Conversation,
13 Feb. 2026
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Florida’s victory launched a historic run that culminated in SEC and NCAA championships — a double last achieved by the 2001 Gators.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Using its multi-camera vision system, the robot identifies laundry items, determines their orientation and shape, and executes folding motions learned during training.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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This was the first of many awooga visuals to come—mass twerking, a fleeting shot of guy-on-guy grinding, and Bad Bunny executing his trademark crotch thrust.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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The southern Portuguese city of Alcacer do Sal, about 60 miles from Lisbon, was battling rising waters from the river Sado, with downtown areas flooded and water levels measuring roughly 7 feet high in some places.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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For people that are not tracking what that actually means, that means that ICE can do almost no arrests in the entire country … If a court rules that there’s a final order of removal, they’re removed actually by an administrative warrant, not a judicial warrant.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Police officials at a news conference said the officers had collected personal and private information unlawfully and distributed it to organized crime figures, in some cases for bribes, and that mobsters then carried out shootings and other violent crimes.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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He was also sanctioned by the European Union in January 2019 following a nerve agent attack in Salisbury, England, which the British government said was carried out by GRU agents to poison a former Russian spy.—
Anna Chernova,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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The San Francisco Police Department’s Strategic Investigation Unit continues to investigate the shooting, while no arrests have been made at this time.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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That success only made realizing his childhood Olympic medal dream all the more tantalizing.—
Dana ONeil,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Pull off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pull%20off. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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