pulls off

present tense third-person singular of pull off

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Recent Examples of pulls off Anchored by a surprisingly poignant motion-capture performance from Josh Brolin, the film, for the most part, pulls off the tricky balance of delivering sensational sequences and a catharsis that grounds the unimaginable stakes. Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 If there was a silver lining, at least Britain’s trigger-pulls off the start line were an improvement on their woeful Saturday starts. Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026 Woods often uses comedy to lighten the load, and sometimes — especially in scenes with Plaza — pulls off the tricky feat of finding humor in serious or even dire situations. Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 16 June 2026 In spite of The Connaught’s obvious grandeur and heritage kudos, everyone is treated as equal by each member of staff with the deft service touch that the Maybourne Group pulls off so beautifully. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026 In addition to Galitzine, Idris Elba gets to chew on scenery and a redemption arc as Teela’s battle-ready dad Man-At-Arms, and Jared Leto pulls off his most enjoyable role in years, melding bombastic theatricality and bad-boss vibes as Skeletor. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 June 2026 There’s darkness in those words but also open-hearted passion, and Iceage largely pulls off this balancing act between the two vibes across all of For Love. Brendan Hay, SPIN, 2 June 2026 Maddy essentially becomes Cassie’s pimp, hitting and threatening her, setting up an elaborate scheme to boost her online following, which Cassie successfully pulls off, thanks to a few fake orgasms. Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026 And considering mineral sunscreens have a reputation for being thick, heavy, and generally a little too sunscreen-y, Ilia pulls off a serum-like texture that feels weightless. Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulls off
Verb
  • One of their latest launches, the Biodance Eye Patches in Vita Niacinamide, fulfills that mission by bringing the brand’s hydrogel technology into a format that’s truly optimized for the delicate eye area.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Petite and portable, the South Seas Rattan Side Cart fulfills the desire for a bedside table that’s slightly out of the ordinary.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • However, these uses remain future possibilities, and the team plans to test how the material performs in device-relevant forms.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Ogbonnaya, who performs under his first name, will be on the bill; so will No-Fi RPM, a live-mixing series that Curran and Farlee run with collaborators Estevan Medina, Dillon Kelley and Patrick Mitchell.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Donating, as many do, to check a box or as a reputation-building exercise accomplishes very little.
    James Chen, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Such a commission would become another bureaucracy that accomplishes little beyond self-sustenance.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • However, whoever executes customer interactions is still representing the face of the company.
    Guy Yehiav, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Every time the user opens an OWA tab in the browser, the normal OWA sync process automatically executes OWAReaper.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • In testing, the electrolyzer achieves industrially relevant reaction rates.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Unfortunately, the simplicity this achieves within that vendor’s own ecosystem has also produced incompatible cross-vendor comparisons (see the graphic below as an example).
    Jason Andersen, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But the arrest does little to change the fact that her brother is still gone.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Those workers understand what a white-collar reader mostly does not, which is that the moment your knowledge leaves your hands is the moment your leverage leaves with it.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • There is nothing, no drama, no insight, not even a joke other than the one NeNe makes about Porsha swimming in the lady pond.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • By putting fashion, food, art and hospitality into the same natural flow, Fontainebleau makes that customer’s time work considerably harder.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • China sends military planes, as well as Coast Guard ships and other vessels towards Taiwan on a daily basis and carries out large-scale military exercises from time to time.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The superintendent heads up the California Department of Education, carries out policies set by the state Board of Education and is an ex-officio member of the state’s higher education governing boards.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 3 June 2026

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“Pulls off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulls%20off. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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