He was trying to pull them out of the granite wall.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

And sadly, you cannot pull money out of a hat.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

North Korea has warned it will pull out of nuclear disarmament talks, if international sanctions are imposed because of the launch.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

Fifty-two percent of those recently polled by the Independent newspaper support an immediate pull-out of British troops from Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

The country even threatened to pull out of the tournament, but eventually gave in to FIFA's demands that they attend.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

You're using a lot of power out of your legs and bringing it up through your torso as you pull through.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Flournoy says the withdrawal date is not arbitrary and Mr.Obama did not, as she put it,pull the timeline "out of a hat."

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

The kidnappings, most observers believe, were designed to pressure Mr.Tsvangirai to pull out of the political agreement.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

A majority would like to see all British forces withdrawn by the end of the year while 42 percent favor an immediate pull-out.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

Geithner argues that major exporting nations can no longer look to the United States as an engine that will pull their economies out of recession.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

An enormous bulldozer was trying to pull out some of the rubble.

VOA: standard.2010.01.14

The foreign ministers had expected to take up the question of how Europe and Asia could cooperate to pull the world's economy out of the downturn it has fallen into since the global financial crisis began.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

Strauss-Kahn said the recent Group of 20 meeting in London, which he attended, was exceptionally successful, mainly because leaders committed themselves to taking all actions necessary to pull the global economy out of its first synchronized, post-World War II downturn.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

Therefore,we would not be committed to any of this." A hardline Iranian member of parliament,Mohammed Karamirad, warned Saturday that Tehran could pull out of negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency or stop it from inspecting Iran's nuclear facilities.

VOA: standard.2009.11.28

The author acknowledges that after nine years of large-scale U.S.military involvement in the Middle East, and with the nation's economic difficulties bearing down on them, many Americans feel the temptation to pull the U.S.strong horse out of the region.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18