push off

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Recent Examples of push off The only thing the participants agreed on is that under no circumstances can Palestinians be pushed off their own land. Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025 The Piano Man has to push off several of his 2025 tour dates. Piet Levy, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025 Someone is pushed off a cliff and gets up without a scratch. Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025 Nuttall was temporarily pushed off the track and FitzGerald had to run around Koster. Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for push off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for push off
Verb
  • Among girls' names, Mia moves into the top 5, knocking out Sophia, which was the No. 1 name for girls from 2011-2013 and had been in the top 5 every year from 2009 except for 2021.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • Following his retirement, Souter moved back to New Hampshire and remained a judge, sitting on panels of the First Circuit Court of Appeals until 2020.
    James Mercadante, People.com, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • If there is a moment to be seized, it only can be seized by a mix superior to what exited amid embarrassment last month.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025
  • Just as Oakland Unified stands poised to exit this summer from two decades of state receivership after repaying a $100 million loan, the current board majority has no plan to address a new $100 million annual structural deficit facing the district over the next three years.
    Anne Campbell Washington, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • The ship departed from Tokyo on April 26 for a cruise through Japan and Alaska before arriving in Vancouver, according to CruiseMapper.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • On Wednesday morning, before departing for Doha, Qatar, Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 21 May 2025
  • That, plus more demanding processors, higher burst rates, and video modes, means mirrorless cameras get less battery life than DSLRs.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • So now the mystery of high U.S. interest rates makes sense: keep the dollar strong to keep the confetti going and the runaway government spending funded.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • Since the video of their antics went viral, TikTok users can't get enough of their unconventional friendship.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • In the pursuit of an amorphous vision of progress, its aggressive push on the limits of scale has rewritten the rules for a new era of AI development.
    Karen Hao, The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
  • This crisis creates ideal robotics adoption conditions—companies actively seek automation rather than having technology pushed on them.
    Aditya Ranjan, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • Last week, novelist Salman Rushdie pulled out of commencement at Claremont McKenna College in California following backlash from the Claremont College Muslim Student Association over his criticism of pro-Palestinian protests.
    Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • Famine was declared in the camp in August after RSF attacks forced the United Nations and aid groups to pull out of Zamzam.
    Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • The singer had just gotten off the road from her Strip Love arena tour.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • Dennis ultimately slowed down and Hoskins got off the hood of the car and went around to the side, opening the door while the car was still moving, according to ABC.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 15 May 2025

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“Push off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push%20off. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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