brought off

past tense of bring off

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Recent Examples of brought off Five days later, the Brazil international was brought off the bench again, this time with Arsenal chasing an equaliser against Manchester City. Art De Roché, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brought off
Verb
  • The Dodgers’ desire to ride their starting pitching in October and minimize the exposure of their Achilles’ heel (the bullpen) is being fulfilled.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
  • You’re fulfilled, content and happy.
    Doha Madani, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The video, captured in Philadelphia, shows Roger calmly receiving affection on a sofa, signaling a stark contrast to the conditions he was rescued from.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • After being rescued over the summer, Xiao Mao is reportedly on the road to recovery.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Lenzing accomplished this aesthetic by cutting our fibers into varied lengths, mimicking the natural variation that happens in grown fibers like cotton or hemp.
    Carved, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
  • It has only been accomplished by a few mountaineers since it was first done by American climber Thomas Hornbein.
    Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Experience might have saved him from this episode.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
  • At the same time, the fact that 20 hostages' lives that were saved must be celebrated, Alter said.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Although the Dodgers’ bullpen performed well to get 10 outs after Glasnow was done.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The Dodgers, for their part, have performed quite well despite their primary offensive engine not firing properly.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Besides religion, what are other possible reasons a person might have executed a forgery?
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • As a large crowd watched, Hamas gunmen executed the men with shots to the back of the head.
    NPR, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Putin has again played his military cards, and not (yet) achieved his goals.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • However, Yacoubian expressed her belief that more progress towards Palestinian statehood needs to be achieved before countries will commit.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Only weeks later, on September 11, al-Qaeda operatives hijacked four passenger planes and carried out the deadliest terrorist attack in modern history, killing nearly 3,000 people.
    Big Think, Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau told local media that investigators believe the robbers, who carried out the raid in just seven minutes in broad daylight Sunday, may have been commissioned by a collector or purely motivated by the value of the jewels and precious metals, Reuters reported.
    Bonny Chu , Ronn Blitzer, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Brought off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brought%20off. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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