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Recent Examples of tee off
If and when the Patriots are trailing, opponents will be free to tee off on an O-line that may field a single above-average pass-blocker this year.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Of those, 77 will tee off on Sunday, as recently crowned Junior PGA champion Lunden Esterline withdrew after a first-round 7-over 79.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Knight and Punk joined forces to tee off on Seth Rollins.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Roughly 100 kids beat the heat to tee off with Davis and Sorenstam.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Of those, 77 will tee off on Sunday, as recently crowned Junior PGA champion Lunden Esterline withdrew after a first-round 7-over 79.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Knight and Punk joined forces to tee off on Seth Rollins.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Roughly 100 kids beat the heat to tee off with Davis and Sorenstam.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tee off
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While one of her first moves — pushing specialized teachers into vacant classroom teaching jobs — angered the teachers' union, the new bonus for retirees was an idea that came from the union president, Ingrid Walker-Henry.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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This move had angered India, which pointed to China not getting punished despite its role as an even bigger importer of Russian energy.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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She is outwardly spoken against transgender rights and has ranted several times about Representative Sarah McBride, an openly transgender member of Congress, and her pronouns.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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TikTok user @shotmyheartwithnovacaine posted a video in July ranting about how people dress when going to concerts to her 137K followers.—
Laney Crawley,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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Air travel was snarled during the more than month-long government shutdown that ended in January 2019, hours after a shortfall of air traffic controllers disrupted flights in the New York area.—
Lillian Rizzo,Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Duffy's threat came as flight delays, caused in large part by controllers calling out sick, has snarled air traffic across the country for four straight days.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
9 Oct. 2025
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Peruvian lawmakers impeached President Dina Boluarte and removed her from power, ending an unpopular presidency during which crime rates soared and the economy sputtered.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Rather than seize control of the game, the offense sputtered at the wrong time.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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In China, manufacturers have been cracking down on price wars that have raged due to fierce competition.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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The war between Ukraine and Russia has raged since Russia invaded in 2022.—
Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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Much raved about on TikTok, Polène’s leather bag styles are also prized by no shortage of A-listers.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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Here are the 10 dresses shoppers are raving about for autumn, including a classic wrap dress, a trendy utility shirt dress, and a casually cool tunic dress.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Oct. 2025
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Fans vented on social media and on the radio.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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William permitted himself to vent a little about the absurd entity that called itself the Continental Congress.—
Stacy Schiff,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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Predictably, Khomeini fulminated about Carter’s visit.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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As for fighting the Trump pressure campaign, even politicians as ambitious as Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are mostly left to file lawsuits — and fulminate.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2025
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“Tee off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tee%20off. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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