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Recent Examples of tee off
Helsley owns one of the most powerful fastballs in the sport, but opposing hitters are teeing off on it this year, posting a .415 average and a .538 slugging percentage.
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Katie Woo, New York Times, 25 July 2025
Sergio Garcia of Fireballs GC tees off on the 11th hole on day three of LIV Golf Andalucia at Valderrama on July 13, 2025 in Cádiz, Spain.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
The final pairing of Sam Burns and Adam Scott were about to tee off on the 301-yard, par-3 eighth hole just after 4 p.m. ET when the horn blew, indicating that play was being suspended.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
The yardage for each round of the championship will vary due to course setup and conditions, with players teeing off on the first and 10th tees on Thursday and Friday.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Katie Woo, New York Times, 25 July 2025
Sergio Garcia of Fireballs GC tees off on the 11th hole on day three of LIV Golf Andalucia at Valderrama on July 13, 2025 in Cádiz, Spain.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
The final pairing of Sam Burns and Adam Scott were about to tee off on the 301-yard, par-3 eighth hole just after 4 p.m. ET when the horn blew, indicating that play was being suspended.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
The yardage for each round of the championship will vary due to course setup and conditions, with players teeing off on the first and 10th tees on Thursday and Friday.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tee off
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In light of Collins recently being hospitalized for knee surgery, his fans were actually jarred and angered by an AI image of McCartney supposedly visiting him under far more dire circumstances.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
11 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, Russia stood back when Azerbaijan reclaimed control of Karabakh in the September 2023 offensive, angering Armenia, which has moved to shed Russian influence and turn westward.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Aug. 2025
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At another time, a perpetually anxious comedian who can’t keep from ranting about his paranoid worries about the end of the world probably would not feel like such a helpful guide to life.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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Funk Flex recently got blasted on the internet for ranting in response to the verdict about Cassie and her behavior over the last few years.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
3 July 2025
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The heavy rains are turning the evening commute into a nightmare, as flooding conditions necessitated the closure of several popular routes in and out of the city Thursday afternoon, while traffic was snarled on the LIRR.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
31 July 2025
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What might have been a mundane summer rainstorm at one time led to flooding that killed at least two people, destroyed property and snarled travel across three states.—
Mark Gongloff,
Mercury News,
23 July 2025
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With four 1,000-yard rushing seasons in Pittsburgh, Harris is expected to bring an immediate boost to a Chargers running game that sputtered last season in offensive coordinator Greg Roman’s first year.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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And while the Magic’s on-court product sputtered at times, the Magic’s business side thrived under Martins.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 June 2025
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While the debate rages on, the funerals keep coming.—
For the Carroll County Times,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Aug. 2025
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Now seven months into his term and the conflict still raging on, Trump's expressed increasing frustration with Putin's leadership.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
15 Aug. 2025
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IndieWire’s David Ehrlich raved about this brilliant movie out of Sundance with an A-grade review.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Aug. 2025
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Superman was a hot mess of a movie, but fans and critics alike raved about it.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps a weekly peer check-in with no agenda, just a safe space to vent or discuss.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The explosion of an oxygen tank forced Lovell and crewmates Fred Haise and Jack Swigert to abort the mission and put their efforts toward returning to Earth safely as the command module vented oxygen into space.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
9 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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At the time, even Carter's fellow Democrats fulminated against his incompetence.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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