Sentences with phrase «team pulled a rabbit out of the hat»

Mastery at sentencing success was in the news last week as military law dean Eugene Fidell and his criminal defense team pulled a rabbit out of the hat when Bowe Bergdahl's AWOL (absent without leave case) sentencing judge declined to give him even one day of incarceration, despite the prosecution's request for lengthy incarceration, and commander in chief Donald Trump's at an earlier point calling for Bergdahl's execution.

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But against a badly out of form Newcastle team at the king power stadium, let's just hope for the best if Newcastle can pull a rabbit out of the hat!
Louisville should beat us, but in recent history they just seem to be one of those teams where we can pull the rabbit out of the hat.
Add to that the possible impact of the new signings in unison with our team and the fact that we know we can pull the rabbit out of the hat if we want to.
In theory, the better team will have twice the opportunity to demonstrate that they're better, where in a one - off game the weaker team may be able to pull a rabbit out of the hat.
They had reason to be fearful, knowing how things often go with sequels, but Boyle, teaming up again with original screenwriter John Hodge, has pulled a fabulously misshapen rabbit out of his hat, which triggers echoes of the 1996 film yet can stand unaided in its own right.
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