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Recent Examples of tee off
With Ireland’s Shane Lowry making up the threesome, the group was one of the first to tee off at 8:12 AM on that Sunday in 2020.
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Don Riddell, CNN Money, 22 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
When do players tee off in the first two rounds?
—Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2025
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Don Riddell, CNN Money, 22 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
When do players tee off in the first two rounds?
—Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tee off
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However, sharp spending cuts have angered many, while corruption allegations against senior officials have dented his party’s odds ahead of next month’s vote, which could determine the future of Milei’s presidency.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Lawyers at Walsh Gallegos coordinated two releases of emails and other documents on behalf of the school board, but CNN reported how gaping holes remained, surprising and angering board members.—
Shimon Prokupecz,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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An alienated professor takes up weight lifting and ranting in Jordan Castro’s perceptive new novel, Muscle Man.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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That may get them guest slots to rant on MSNBC, but that won’t help Chicago neighborhoods that are being held hostage by homegrown criminals who are shooting, carjacking and robbing them of their security and vitality.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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For years, airport satisfaction lagged as crowds grew and construction snarled terminals.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Tit-for-tat levies reached triple digits on both sides at one point this year, snarling supply chains.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
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Grapevine linebackers Tatum Evans and Luke Ghormley helped keep the Mustangs in the game, but the offense sputtered.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
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Everything is sputtering now for the Mets, who haven’t drawn a walk since Wednesday.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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As the Tush Push discourse raged Sunday night following the Chiefs’ 20-17 loss to the Eagles, another debate started.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
16 Sep. 2025
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At times, officials, including senior advisor Stephen Miller, have raged against federal judges for standing in their way by issuing nationwide injunctions, some of which Sotomayor and her colleagues have then had brought before them.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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One Amazon shopper raved about the bag’s thoughtful design that’s large enough to fit even full-size containers.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
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The panel raved about the ‘Gold Dust Twins,’ rookies Fred Lynn and Jim Rice, both absent from the event.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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An uneasy calm, after two nights of chaos that saw tens of thousands of people pour out into the streets to vent their fury, setting fire to parliament and the Supreme Court – key symbols of state – and clashing with the government forces sent to keep them under control.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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What might feel harmless in the moment, like teasing someone, chatting about lunch plans or venting about a frustrating errand, can suddenly reappear in a recap email sent to the whole group.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 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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