push off

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Recent Examples of push off Unsurprisingly, stagnation in the market has pushed off those plans for the moment. Adam Ismail, The Drive, 15 July 2026 And now, after Baldwin’s ascendence drove the team to cut ties with a long-time veteran, the team has gotten an update on the former player after he was pushed off of his newest roster as well. Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Pfendler began her 2,400-mile journey on May 21, pushing off from Monterey, and documented her journey with video updates on her @yourowkelsey social media pages. ABC News, 6 July 2026 Nothing says summer quite like pushing off on an inner tube and floating down a refreshing, natural lazy river as gorgeous landscapes pass by. Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for push off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for push off
Verb
  • The Gemini Moon moves through your 9th House of Learning and sextiles the Leo Sun in your 11th House of Community, helping big-picture thinking connect with friends, groups, or shared goals.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Though less significant than the Strait of Hormuz, around 12% of the world’s trade, including a fourth of global container traffic, once passed through Bab el-Mandeb, moving between Europe and Asia via Egypt’s Suez Canal.
    Fatma Khaled, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Cooper and Hadid sparked dating rumors in October 2023 when they were photographed leaving the West Village restaurant Via Carota and exiting via the same SUV, per the Daily Mail.
    Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Brent's price careened between $72 and $102 last month as worries rose and fell about when the war with Iran would allow oil tankers to freely exit the Persian Gulf again to deliver crude to customers worldwide.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Her exit follows the resignations last week of acting Chief Financial Officer Steve Mahr and Deputy CFO Noor Shaikh in June — coming after CFO Jill Jaworski departed at the beginning of this year.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Jimmy Coe, for example, said in an email to the larger airport that during his visit to Orlando in 2022, his taxi driver erroneously drove him to the Orlando airport instead of the Sanford airport where his Allegiant flight was departing.
    Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Second, and perhaps more scientific (as far as these things go) is the fact that Sunfyre had not, in any way, begun to rot.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • And Eno and myself at that time were coming into the studio a little bit earlier than everybody in the morning just to get something going.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • At age 16, Armstrong made his first solo flight and got his pilot's license.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Also, the Grindr is all guys either dressed up for pup play or wearing ladies’ panties, which is also not my idea of a good time, but slightly better than getting your foot stuck in a wet, mossy hole.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The mirror at the Inouye telescope was fixed at 4 meters, so the team pushed on the wavelength.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • If your body is telling you something the current diagnosis doesn’t fully explain, that gap is worth pushing on.
    Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • So why did Stephenson stop in the middle of a 10-mile run Saturday morning to pull out his phone and try to sign up his family to do it all over again?
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Then, one of the men can be seen pulling out a gun, shooting at the influencer and immediately fleeing the scene.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • And the 2026 Volkswagen Jetta Sport and I did not get off to the best of starts.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Taylor, 24, was the Rays’ first-round pick in 2023 out of TCU and got off to a good start in his pro career before struggling mightily at Double-A Montgomery in 2025.
    Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

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