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past tense of tick (off)

ticked off

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verb (2)

past tense of tick off
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Alex’s reporting on the lobbyists infiltrating the climate summit ticked off an oil exec whose company takes out a lot of advertising on UBN. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025 St James’ Park is a place where Arsenal have suffered in the past and in that respect, this was another tricky fixture ticked off before the end of September. Stuart James, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 The remaining seven rounds of the 2025 season have 199 points on offer, given the three sprint races that are yet to be ticked off this season, which makes the prospect of Verstappen claiming another title a possibility, especially since the gap to Piastri is 69 points. Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025 Sanders then ticked off a long list of medical organizations—collectively representing hundreds of thousands of doctors—who agree with that fact. Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025 Royal expert Hugo Vickers told The Sun that Meghan posting a glimpse of their children, Archie 5, and Lilibet, 3, might have ticked off her husband. Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025 In a year filled with slim, low-profile shapes, Bad Bunny and Adidas managed to deliver a shoe that ticked off trend boxes while staying faithful to the design DNA of both partners. Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025 For safari lovers who have already ticked off Botswana or Tanzania, Namibia offers a fresh perspective. Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 Count me as another person ticked off about getting Informed Delivery emails from the post office later than my mail being delivered. Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025

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“Ticked (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ticked%20%28off%29. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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