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Recent Examples of tee off
That two guys were waiting on him illustrated how safe defenses — and the Rams’ is the best defense in football — feel to lock in and tee off on McCaffrey.
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Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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
The actress and comedian was part of the event’s hype team before the players tee off.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
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Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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
The actress and comedian was part of the event’s hype team before the players tee off.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tee off
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Opposition to the war grew in Australia along with the Palestinian death toll, and last September the government angered Israeli leaders by supporting other like-minded Western nations, including Canada and the United Kingdom, by formally recognizing Palestinian statehood.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
22 Jan. 2026
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Republican senators, who were responding to the revelation subpoenas of members’ phone records by former special counsel Jack Smith in his 2020 election probe, had previously blindsided and angered the House by including that provision in a bill to end the historic government shutdown.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
The Hill,
22 Jan. 2026
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On a phone call with Forbes in December, the founder of the $800 million (revenue) private company WeatherTech, David MacNeil, ranted about product labels.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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For instance, if an airline customer wants to rant about the Transportation Security Administration screening process, Qualtrics’ tech can have the digital survey explain that airline security is out of its control, and link to the TSA’s feedback page.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
28 Dec. 2025
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All three westbound lanes were closed in the wake of the crash, snarling the afternoon commute.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Millions of Americans heading into a holiday weekend are facing messy travel conditions, with snow, gusty winds and bitter cold snarling flights and roads across the eastern half of the country.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
17 Jan. 2026
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Cerabyte uses sputtered 10nm ceramic layers on a glass substrate.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Squeeze the handle too lightly and the bottle would sputter and hiss but release nothing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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When the sun goes down, three beams of light will illuminate the sky over the town that was, piercing the darkness that this time last year was lit with the unholy glow of a fire raging, with no end in sight.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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That winter, the concrete spillway collapsed in one section during massive storms, prompting the evacuation of 188,000 people as water raged uncontrolled into the river below, and concerns grew that part of the dam might fail.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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One reviewer who took it on a European trip raved about fitting multiple outfits, toiletries, books, a laptop, and more—all in one bag.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2026
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Customers rave about the food, service and family-like feel at The Store Bar & Grille.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
22 Jan. 2026
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Hundreds of Chicagoans packed a special meeting of the Community Commission for Public Safety & Accountability on Thursday night, venting anger and frustration about the months-long federal immigration enforcement operation known as Midway Blitz.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Protesters earlier vented their outrage outside a federal facility that is serving as a hub for the administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major city.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Jan. 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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