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Recent Examples of pair off
But in this season, competitors will pair off in teams of two, a touch that is new to the holiday adaptation.
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Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
As the rest of the ladies get foot massages for Julia, who apparently is coming forward with her kinks, Alexia and Stephanie pair off and go chat in the mud room.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
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Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
As the rest of the ladies get foot massages for Julia, who apparently is coming forward with her kinks, Alexia and Stephanie pair off and go chat in the mud room.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pair off
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Researchers aren’t the only ones seeing men’s eagerness to couple up.—
Gili Malinsky,
CNBC,
18 Oct. 2025
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Plaintiffs argue that federal officials have coupled this surveillance with a campaign of public threats — warning that noncitizens who post anti-American or anti-Israel content online risk deportation or visa revocation.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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The new mill, which is mated to a six-speed manual transaxle gearbox, nearly doubles output from 177 hp to 340 hp.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
17 Oct. 2025
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Some were actively reproducing, with females found carrying eggs and males observed successfully mating.—
James T. Stroud,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Pair off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pair%20off. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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