pulled off

past tense of pull off

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pulled off After Kimmel made comments about the murder of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk (and Trump’s reaction to it), his show was pulled off the air following pressure from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025 The Chicago Bears pulled off a massive last-second win against the Washington Commanders on Monday night, improving to 3-2 on the season. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 Jimmy Kimmel was just pulled off the air for comments that would hardly have resulted in a scandal in a different time. David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025 More listings were pulled off the US market this summer than last, according to Redfin data. Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025 Southern Nazarene pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Division II history on Halloween night. Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025 Back in 2013, NC State pulled off a stunning men’s college basketball upset against Duke and, as tends to be the case when teams beat Duke, the fans ran onto the court. Will Leitch, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025 Carr has denied that government pressure played a role in Kimmel being pulled off the air. Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025 Last week's new produced an outrage across Hollywood and amongst other late-night hosts in the aftermath of Kimmel's show being pulled off the air. Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • However, a source in Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) told the Kyiv Independent the attack was carried out by Ukraine.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Fifty concrete projects have been carried out from student proposals.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
    Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The two men then said Smollett paid them to stage the attack, and Smollett was charged with filing a false police report; the charges were later dropped after Smollett paid a fine and did community service.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • However, given the kind of statement UAB made on Saturday, Mortensen may very well have a real chance of being the ultimate replacement for Dilfer.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The Public happens to be the very same venue where Hamilton made its off-Broadway debut inFebruary 2015, before moving to Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre that August.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Pulled off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulled%20off. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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