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Recent Examples of tee off
Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter is too good to let Sean Payton and Bo Nix just tee off on Sunday, and here’s betting Los Angeles takes a similar approach to Kansas City and tries to keep the lid on the Broncos’ passing game.
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Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2026
Scottsdale, Arizona, is a top place to tee off.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
This will be the second straight week that the Boise State defense can try to tee off on a green quarterback.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2025
Kansas City’s front can tee off when an opposing offense becomes one-dimensional, and Sunday played out as the perfect example.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
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Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2026
Scottsdale, Arizona, is a top place to tee off.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
This will be the second straight week that the Boise State defense can try to tee off on a green quarterback.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2025
Kansas City’s front can tee off when an opposing offense becomes one-dimensional, and Sunday played out as the perfect example.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tee off
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The launch bucked Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s claims that Iranian missiles only have an approximate 1,200-mile range and angered on-edge European leaders.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Mar. 2026
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Is she amused or angered or saddened by this?—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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Fry got out of the truck ranting and throwing sheets of paper on the ground, and left behind an orange duffel bag that prompted police to call in the bomb squad.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2026
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Pity those, too, ranting about the impurity of his points.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
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Tehran's chokehold on that crucial waterway has snarled international shipping, sent fuel prices skyrocketing, and threatened the world economy.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The six-week shutdown of Department of Homeland Security funding has snarled air travel, causing significant disruptions at airports across the country.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Heat stand 4-3 when starting the lineup, one that was efficient in building an early lead at the outset of Wednesday night’s game, but one that also sputtered at the start of the second half, when all of that early lead was lost.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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Proposals to do so keep getting made but sputter early in the legislative process.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
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But with war raging on multiple fronts and no end in sight, Israel's enemies in Iran and Lebanon may help make that decision for him.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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As the war in Iran rages on, Americans face skyrocketing fuel prices.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Coaches praise each other Hoiberg raved about the job McCollum has done in his first season at Iowa and throughout his career.—
Kristie Rieken,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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At 21 years old the hype train is rolling in the game of baseball as everyone (front office, scouts, coaches and players) continues to rave about the outfielder.—
Dan Roche,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Cardinals have some frustration to vent.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Lane Hunter vented his astonishment on TikTok that AC might not be turned on in his apartment building until early or mid-May.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2026
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Some neighbors fulminated against the university, arguing that the extra events would bring more noise and traffic, and that the property tax-exempt institution would not pay its fair share.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Predictably, Khomeini fulminated about Carter’s visit.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Tee off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tee%20off. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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