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The phrase "attempt to pull" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an effort to draw or extract something, whether physically or metaphorically.
Example: "The team made an attempt to pull the necessary resources together for the project."
Alternatives: "try to extract" or "endeavor to draw".
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She made a half-hearted attempt to pull him away.
The passengers braced themselves, but the pilot's attempt to pull up did not work.
Some see Mr Medvedev's new activity as an attempt to pull away from Mr Putin's influence.
But his excuses for this attempt to pull India's house down are flimsy.
This was an attempt to pull the wool over everyone's eyes.
That idea would make Eno laugh, so I didn't even attempt to pull it off.
Rankine has called it an attempt to "pull the lyric back into its realities".
She makes no attempt to pull at the leash or give chase.
"It's an attempt to pull the wool over people's eyes," he says.
Or, as on Mars, attempt to pull off hip-hop with a flute.
Mr. Bell made a frenzied attempt to pull out of a parking spot.
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