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Recent Examples of pick off
Quadruple Loop This jump is more difficult because Malinin takes off and lands on the same leg, without the assistance of picking off the ice.
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Alice Park, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Because teams cannot be left without a first-round pick in consecutive seasons, and because the Hornets could end up with Miami’s first-round pick in 2028, that would continue to make the Heat’s 2029 pick off limits.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2026
After the teams traded field goals on their first overtime possessions, Kuechly picked off Luck on a pass deflected by Roman Harper.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
The gritty wing threw a rebound off a Kings player to give the Celtics possession, picked off a Dennis Schroder pass and gathered an offensive rebound after his own missed three.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
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Alice Park, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Because teams cannot be left without a first-round pick in consecutive seasons, and because the Hornets could end up with Miami’s first-round pick in 2028, that would continue to make the Heat’s 2029 pick off limits.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2026
After the teams traded field goals on their first overtime possessions, Kuechly picked off Luck on a pass deflected by Roman Harper.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
The gritty wing threw a rebound off a Kings player to give the Celtics possession, picked off a Dennis Schroder pass and gathered an offensive rebound after his own missed three.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick off
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The navy had intercepted a 180-foot boat registered to Tanzania, 380 miles southwest of the coast.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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The navy had intercepted a 180-foot boat registered to Tanzania, 380 miles southwest of the coast.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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On Friday night, Harry and Meghan grabbed dinner at Funke in Beverly Hills, where Meghan celebrated her 44th birthday last August.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
16 Feb. 2026
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Man, like when your hair starts grabbing at your collar.—
John Nogowski,
Hartford Courant,
16 Feb. 2026
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Shade cloth and wooden screens block off the outside world, though the cubs often tear them down out of perverse curiosity.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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In 2024, when X was temporarily blocked there, amid a legal dispute between Elon Musk and the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court, countless fan accounts for celebrities such as Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift evaporated, many signing off with the hashtag #MeuUltimoTweet.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Pick off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick%20off. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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