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• The girls pull out all the stops to ask their partners to the event.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2022
• This is public land, and to kill big game here a hunter must pull out all the stops.
  — Outdoor Life, 10 Dec. 2020
• After all, fall is an ideal time to pull out all the stops with gourds, hay bales, cornstalks, fall mums, and more.
  — Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 18 July 2022
• On Thanksgiving, La Coquille will pull out all the stops with an à la carte menu.
  — Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
• Companies must be willing to pull out all the stops to get the transition right.
  — Laura Jennings, Forbes, 6 June 2022
• As a new season began, Lisa was clearly willing to pull out all the stops to win her friend back.
  — Lanae Brody, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2022
• Each season, the biggest heritage houses pull out all the stops to show handmade creations from start to finish on the runway.
  — Kristen Bateman, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Jan. 2022
• After a dismal holiday season in 2020, most people are ready to pull out all the stops for the holidays this year.
  — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2021
• For holiday indulgence in your own backyard, pull out all the stops and grill a couple of slabs of pork ribs coated in a spicy herb mixture.
  — Ariel Cheung, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022
• Carrabba's From February 10 through February 21, pull out all the stops by treating your valentine to a four-course dinner for two.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 20 Jan. 2022
• Sports betting companies are going to have to pull out all the stops to both gain new customers and restore some confidence among investors.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 12 Feb. 2023
• Your business sense is at a low point in May and June, so wait until late July or early August to pull out all the stops with an investment idea or business plan.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2021
• At the Oscars, actresses (or their stylists) pull out all the stops: the most over-the-top runway gowns, the most glamorous one-off dresses—this is their one moment to fly close to the sun, to become a pop culture moment.
  — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2023
• Miller and Holmes—enthusiastic and determined, with nearly identical auburn hair—pull out all the stops to win.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2021
• Chaparral will need to pull out all the stops to have any chance at upending Ironwood, as which is undefeated this season, according to the AIA.
  — Alex Chenevey, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2023
• Perhaps the time to pull out all the stops to keep the Oscars vibrant was five years ago, when the telecast, for the first time, attracted fewer than 30 million people, a 20 percent decline from the previous year.
  — Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• Haute Couture shows are typically when designers and their guests pull out all the stops: more tulle, more embroidery, more drama.
  — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 6 July 2022
• White and his three part-time employees pull out all the stops to spook up the garden for Halloween and follow that with an all-out blitz to spruce up the garden in time for the Christmas rush, which begins the night before Thanksgiving.
  — Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022
• Saturday’s sophomore event was the continuation of a vision that appears willing to pull out all the stops for success.
  — Mike Bohn, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2021
• In such a situation, doctors no longer will pull out all the stops to save every life and instead will strategize how to keep as many people as possible from dying.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2021
• The singers seemed to pull out all the stops, including energetic choreography, power ballads and plenty of stage effects — but only three could make it to the finale.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 16 May 2022
• With interested outsiders watching Saturday, OSU won’t pull out all the stops to gauge how the defense impacts the opposing quarterback.
  — oregonlive, 6 May 2021
• As part of an effort to attract that new generation of customers, Hoffman says the Super Bowl spot created an opportunity for Chevy's marketing team to pull out all the stops.
  — Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press, 14 Feb. 2022
• Hannah Lindeborg wanted to pull out all the stops for her daughter’s second birthday in July, especially after the pandemic derailed the family celebration for her first last year.
  — Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2021
• The tight labor market that developed during the Covid-19 pandemic has forced companies to pull out all the stops to gin up applications, including raising salaries, offering signing bonuses and allowing more flexible hours.
  — Suzanne Vranica, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024