as in fulfills
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 pulls off
But its hunger for that oil is waning, as the country pulls off a stunningly fast transition to electric vehicles.
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Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Unless season 5 pulls off a (monster) miracle, this might be one quest even Geralt can’t complete.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Thanks to Cole's motivating pep talk and Isaac's game-winning touchdown, the team pulls off a win and secures a spot in the playoffs.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Not far from a city landfill, the convoy pulls off the highway and enters a rutted dirt road, hidden from view by the branches of weeping willows.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Unless season 5 pulls off a (monster) miracle, this might be one quest even Geralt can’t complete.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Thanks to Cole's motivating pep talk and Isaac's game-winning touchdown, the team pulls off a win and secures a spot in the playoffs.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Not far from a city landfill, the convoy pulls off the highway and enters a rutted dirt road, hidden from view by the branches of weeping willows.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulls off
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Alcohol even today fulfills an important function to provide what some people describe as social fitness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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Leo 2026 Love Horoscope Love in 2026 is not about proving anything, but about finding what genuinely fulfills you, Leo.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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New York storyteller Laura Sims leads workshops and performs stories on Saturday and Sunday during the Atlanta Jewish Storytelling Festival at The Breman.—
Mary Caldwell,
AJC.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Mindy performs in this scene wearing a pair of Jimmy Choo’s Sacaria platform sandals.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Shining a laser through a person’s head seems like the first step towards technology that accomplishes both.—
Perri Thaler,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Dec. 2025
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While this accomplishes the goal of giving bettors a desirable user experience, the barriers to entry to become an oddsmaker seem to contradict an insistence that prediction markets are open, peer-to-peer and not gambling.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
16 Dec. 2025
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The firm also named it one of its top picks for 2026 as the company executes its turnaround.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
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At its core, a processor is a computing engine that executes instructions to complete tasks.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Jan. 2026
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The fiber’s irregular length distribution—with 50 percent at 28 millimeters and 50 percent in the 10 to 20 millimeter range—delivers a textured, semi-dull and opaque aesthetic that achieves a genuine, vintage washdown performance.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Jan. 2026
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The 2026 Sequoia achieves 22 miles per gallon combined, up eight miles per gallon from the second-gen model's measly 14 miles per gallon combined.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Light Fixtures The dishwasher does an excellent job cleaning hard plastic and glass light fixtures.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
9 Jan. 2026
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To a lesser extent, the Escalade also does battle with cars like the BMW X7, the Lexus LX, Mercedes GLS, and Range Rover, though, considering only American full-size luxury SUVs—as many buyers in the segment do—Escalade is well on top.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
9 Jan. 2026
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Freezing into a brick shape makes vacuum sealing easier.—
Laura Simpson,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
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Which makes Shelley Joseph today’s poster gal for the corrupt double standards in the Massachusetts legal system.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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His administration has thrown its support behind Netanyahu, though, as Israel carries out its ground offensive in Gaza City.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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For the most part, Ruth carries out her daily chores, and submits to the Brotherhood’s inflexible vision of domesticity.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Pulls off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulls%20off. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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