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past tense of tick (off)

ticked off

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past tense of tick off

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Recent Examples of ticked (off)
Verb
Moments later, Hal is taking photos gleefully with fans at the taco stand as Stewart arrives, ticked off. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 July 2026 As the final seconds ticked off the clock in the first-round loss to UCLA, the realization of its finality began to settle in. Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026 Getting through the group stage ticked off one box. Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 26 June 2026 In his remarks, DeSantis ticked off serious criminal offenses, including rape and murder, for about a dozen of the more than 20,000 immigration offenders held there and then deported by the federal government. Miami Herald, 25 June 2026 That shot into the left corner ticked off Pickford's hand. ABC News, 17 June 2026 Week after week, his digits splayed across his helmet in anguish after passes ticked off his hands and into the grass. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 9 June 2026 Now, having ticked off the red carpet circuit. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 May 2026 Luke training with Yoda and each kinda getting ticked off at the other is priceless. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ticked (off)
Verb
  • The driver of the Traverse was taken to a hospital and was listed in stable condition.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The registrant’s country is listed as Lithuania, where Hostinger is based.
    News Desk, Artforum, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • As Kierny admonished both sides to follow the court’s rules, Davis took on prosecutor Michael DiGiacomo directly.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Barnett, meanwhile, began reporting safety violations to Boeing in 2013, but was admonished for putting his concerns in writing.
    Marlow Stern, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The White House had previously angered US ranchers by quadrupling low-tariff imports of Argentine beef to cool prices.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • During a joint practice last summer in Houston, Moehrig decked Texans wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson on a hard but clean hit that angered a few of Hutchinson’s teammates.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Before it was written down, bards recited the adventures of Odysseus and the Greeks orally.
    Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Enslaved people recited his poetry at posh parties thrown by their masters.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The lawsuit says the officer was reprimanded and removed from further field training of Wadell.
    Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Spencer Pratt, the former Republican candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, also reprimanded Khanna for pushing the statewide wealth tax while enriching himself.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But for the medieval and classics scholar in Kratz, the film invited questions and infuriated him at times.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Under its previous operator, Mountain View had been plagued by riots that drew negative press and infuriated locals.
    Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In fact, during testing, the handheld triggered nostalgic memories of playing Final Fantasy Legend and Mario Land 2 on long car rides to my grandparents' house, but without the eye strain and being scolded for playing in the dark as the sun set.
    Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026
  • For over a year, the White House has scolded and threatened the Smithsonian.
    Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The comment at a rally last Sunday titillated, provoked and enraged different audiences simultaneously, all but guaranteeing saturation news coverage and even more attention.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Fauci pleaded the Fifth a number of times, which appears to have enraged a lot of people.
    Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026

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“Ticked (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ticked%20%28off%29. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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