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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
Verb
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With an economy that is persistently reliant on crude, pursuing policies that raise energy costs risks angering constituents.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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The board instead approved a resolution to reexamine current campus spaces, angering some parents.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
7 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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In two minutes of ranting and raving about his degenerate son’s twenty-six-thousand-dollar dinner bill, Reiner gave an indelible comedic performance destined to be quoted for years to come.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2025
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On Thursday, high winds pushed over a tractor trailer on the southbound lanes of the 5 Freeway near Pyramid Lake, snarling traffic for several miles.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Television cameras caught Adebayo snarling dismissively.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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The only constant is Mount Etna, looming off to one side, at times sputtering out smoke, ash, and short bursts of lava.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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Miami’s defense, its strength all season, didn’t break often but the Rebels were able to do enough throughout the game to keep it close and take a lead late when Miami’s offense sputtered.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
10 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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While Swift hasn’t made an appearance since, current Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser has raved about The Life of the Showgirl artist as a diehard Swiftie.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
11 Jan. 2026
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The internet can’t stop raving about K-beauty products—specifically about Medicube’s K-beauty products.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
10 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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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 13 Jan. 2026.
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