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How to use the word pull-off in a Sentence?

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The Federal Reserve has to slow the economy down and generate some slack in the labor market, the Federal Reserve's a very difficult assignment to pull off.

Bill Dudley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Fed's why soft landings are so difficult to pull off, by the time you know you've overdone it, the next thing you know, you're already in a recession.

Bill Dudley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think the other players in the locker room, my sons, you know, they probably could describe it better than I can. I could n’t pull off, you know, the things that he wears. And that’s just, there’s no way that I ’m hip enough to do that, but Joe Burrow can do it.

Zac Taylor

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Yeah, I ’m not really hip enough to answer that question for you, i think the other players in the locker room, my sons, you know, they probably could describe it better than I can. I could n’t pull off, you know, the things that he wears. And that’s just, there’s no way that I ’m hip enough to do that, but Joe Burrow can do it.

Zac Taylor

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The sad truth is that safe and fair elections are under attack, the folks that work so hard to organize and pull off elections, from the Secretary of State to our County Clerks to poll volunteers and voters, should never be subjected to threats of any nature.

Katy Duhigg

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Success is something that comes to you after you pull off many seemingly impossible tasks.

Johannes Larsson

added by antreas986
2 years ago

Every day that passes makes it legally and politically less likely that President Donald Trump can pull off this crazy attempt to subvert the will of the people, the system is kind of on autopilot.

Rick Hasen

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We're pursuing an all-of-the-above strategy, and our goal is to put President Trump in front of as many patriotic Americans as possible, rallies are going to happen. They're going to be bigger than anything Joe Biden is able to pull off this year.

Jason Miller

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Were literally just going to Yas Island right now to pull off these fights because the hardest thing to do right now is to get people into the country from other parts of the world.

Jose Aldo

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Video footage captured from police body cameras shows Atlanta police officers talking with Rayshard Brooks moments before Rayshard Brooks was shot in a Wendys parking lot. Officer Devin Bronsan arrived inthe area after a 911 complaintof someone sleeping in a car. Rayshard Brooks said Rayshard Brooks drank a small amount of alcohol and was administered afield sobriety test. Hisblood-alcohol levelregistered at.108, above the.08 legal limit. I think youve had too much to drink to be driving, said Officer Garrett Rolfe, who responded to the scene after Officer Devin Bronsan, beforehe tried to arrest Rayshard Brooks. A struggle ensuedand the officers bodycams wereknocked to the ground. They could be heard yelling, Youre going to get Tased ! Stop fighting ! ATLANTA ERUPTS AFTER Rayshard Brooks DEATH PROMPTS POLICE CHIEF TO STEP DOWN This screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks speaking with Officer Garrett Rolfe in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant, late Friday, June 12, 2020, in Atlanta. Garrett Rolfe has been fired following the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks and a second officer has been placed on administrative duty. ( Atlanta Police Department via AP) At one point Rayshard Brooks appears to grab Bronsans Taser. Hands off Bronsans Taser ! an officer said. Rayshard Brooks fled from the officers and turnedaround with the stun gun before Rayshard Brooks was shot. It does appear in the video that Rayshard Brooks is fleeing from the Atlanta police officers, that as hes fleeing Rayshard Brooks turns back over Rayshard Brooks shoulder with what appears to the naked eye to be Rayshard Brooks Taser that the eyewitnesses told us they saw the individual have that belonged to one of the officers, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vic Reynolds said Saturday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. An autopsy found that Rayshard Brooks suffered to two gunshot wounds to Rayshard Brooks back. The Fulton County Medical Examiner ruled Rayshard Brooks deatha homicide. Garrett Rolfe has not been charged in Rayshard Brooks death but was fired from the force Sunday. Cedric Alexander, the former public safety director of Dekalb County, Ga., who now works as a police consultant, told the Associated Press that the shooting will lead to questions over how officers could have defused the situation. Heres a man who took Dekalb County upon Cedric Alexander to pull off the road to take a nap.

Cedric Alexander

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Its funny, some scripts come to you and they just feel right, you dont really have to do research and you know it in your heart. When I read Ashlyn, I felt like we were so in tune that it wasnt much of a stretch and I felt very connected to her immediately... I felt in my hearts that this was something that I could not only pull off, but do really well.

Beverley Mitchell

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It's gon na be hard to pull off.

Chrissy Houlahan

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I'm actually one of the few Iowans who doesn't think we should be first in the country. I don't think that makes sense, we're not very many people, and we're making decisions for everybody. The primary is much more easy to pull off, it's simpler, I think that would be a better system.

Kelli Sharpe

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Any suggestion that on a moment's notice the Census Bureau could add an extra piece of paper with an additional question to a census that it has been planning literally for a decade demonstrates a breathtaking ignorance of what it takes to pull off a census.

Terri Ann Lowenthal

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

To birdie the last two holes is really big for me right now as I'm looking to gain confidence under pressure and test some of the stuff I've been working on, in this matchplay format it feels like you're battling to win a golf tournament on a Saturday or Sunday. So it was really cool to hit some clutch shots and pull off the tie.

Jordan Spieth

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We were told to pull off a miracle by people who dont know us, we didnt need a miracle. We knew we could beat them.

Saint Marys

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

But if they can pull off this WeChat-esque strategy.

James Cordwell

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I think the important part to realize that we actually were able to pull off a successful election with checks and balances, we just didn't do willy-nilly e-ballots, they have security that was on them. We have documentation that's on them, we have all the processes to backup and protect why we did what we did.

Mark Anderson

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Some( voters) don't have homes -- some of my staff don't have homes that worked this election -- so I think the important part( is) to realize that we actually were able to pull off a successful election with checks and balances.

Mark Andersen

Found on CNN
5 years ago

In Wisconsin, where I lost by just 22,748 votes, a study from Priorities USA estimated that the new voter ID law helped reduce turnout by 200,000 votes, primarily from low-income and minority areas, ... Before the election, one Republican state representative in Wisconsin predicted the new law would help Trump pull off an upset in the state. It turns out he was right.

Hillary Clinton

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Despite all the talk and all the media, I think Brazil is going to pull off a great Olympics, it's going to be fun and the city is going to have a good time.

Farhad Panahi

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

You have to love who you are and know that you are beautiful and own it. if you have curves, you have to own it — and if you have been born to be able to pull off that bikini really well you have to just enjoy it and love your body and love who you are as an individual — not only for girls, but for guys as well.

Bindi Irwin

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

If you have curves, you have to own it — and if you have been born to be able to pull off that bikini really well you have to just enjoy it and love your body and love who you are as an individual — not only for girls, but for guys as well, i see a lot of young men who are really trying to fit that box — and they have to live their lives and be true to who they are.

Bindi Irwin

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I'm anticipating we'll be doing a victory dance, but if the Republican Party tries to pull off any backroom deals and ignores the will of the people, our role will change.

Chris Cox

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

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