as in to fulfill
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 pull off
Politics This Democrat pulled off one of the country’s biggest upsets.
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
After all, the Federal Reserve appears to be on the verge of pulling off the once-unlikely soft landing: Taming inflation without crashing the jobs market.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
The key to pulling off the scheme lies in rounding up a ragtag collection of prisoners and sending them off with a handful of Shibata fighters to defend an isolated and strategically important fort.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Asia, however, has been impossible to pull off due to the time zone.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune Europe, 28 Oct. 2024
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
After all, the Federal Reserve appears to be on the verge of pulling off the once-unlikely soft landing: Taming inflation without crashing the jobs market.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
The key to pulling off the scheme lies in rounding up a ragtag collection of prisoners and sending them off with a handful of Shibata fighters to defend an isolated and strategically important fort.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Asia, however, has been impossible to pull off due to the time zone.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune Europe, 28 Oct. 2024
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What does success look like for you—not defined by others, but by what genuinely fulfills and energizes you?Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 4 Nov. 2024
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She is tasked to help fulfill BYD’s goal of generating nearly half of its sales abroad, up from 30% of its annual 301 billion yuan ($43 billion) revenue as of June 2024.Forbes Press Releases, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Students from College of Adaptive Arts will sing the opening National Anthem and perform a special cheer routine during the game.Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Latin music icon Marc Anthony performed and executive produced a special segment with salsa great Sergio George to pay homage to the tropical music genre.Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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NuScale executed a revenue generating agreement with Fluor (FLR) for engineering and design services for a nuclear power project.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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China practiced blockading Taiwan just last month by surrounding the island, which could, if executed in earnest, stop imports or exports from the country.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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The company has not yet achieved sufficient funding to develop or acquire a new business line.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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The announcement reinforces the closeness Musk has managed to achieve with Trump, even after the election.David Ingram, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Shout out to our friends at TMZ who did the most insightful original reporting.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
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Local health officials are working to reach everyone who may have had contact with the infected individual, and they are expected to do so in this case, said Preston Merchant, a spokesman for the San Mateo County health department.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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All three candidates have vowed to carry out Trump’s agenda.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security, one of the biggest government agencies that will be integral to his vow to secure the border and carry out a massive deportation operation.Rebecca Santana, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
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Does Jeanty make that leaping catch on fourth-and-8? Watch the first quarter of Buffs-Utes one more time.Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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Mind you, this governor and Legislature have yet to make a dent in any of the state’s pressing homegrown problems: a sprawling homelessness problem, crime wave, housing unaffordability, fleeing businesses.Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
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The echoes from Phil Little Thunder’s drum were carried off by the wind.Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Using disguises and fake passports to carry off his latest hit, the cold-blooded Jackal (Redmayne) sparks a massive police operation across Europe to find him.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Pull off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pull%20off. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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