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Recent Examples of tee off
With Ireland’s Shane Lowry making up the threesome, the group was one of the first to tee off at 8:12 AM on that Sunday in 2020.
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Don Riddell, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Knight and Punk joined forces to tee off on Seth Rollins.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Roughly 100 kids beat the heat to tee off with Davis and Sorenstam.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2025
When do players tee off in the first two rounds?
—Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2025
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Don Riddell, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Knight and Punk joined forces to tee off on Seth Rollins.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Roughly 100 kids beat the heat to tee off with Davis and Sorenstam.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2025
When do players tee off in the first two rounds?
—Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tee off
Verb
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However, sharp spending cuts have angered many, while corruption allegations against senior officials have dented his party’s odds ahead of next month’s vote, which could determine the future of Milei’s presidency.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Lawyers at Walsh Gallegos coordinated two releases of emails and other documents on behalf of the school board, but CNN reported how gaping holes remained, surprising and angering board members.—
Shimon Prokupecz,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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That may get them guest slots to rant on MSNBC, but that won’t help Chicago neighborhoods that are being held hostage by homegrown criminals who are shooting, carjacking and robbing them of their security and vitality.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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And his ultimate war is with Bob, a tech CEO who rants about his haters and has gotten rich off rebranded snake oil and whose obvious corruption has been obscured by his self-mythologizing.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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Joe shouts as the snarling lobos close in.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
5 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, the film includes audio of President Nixon snarling about Hersh in conversations with his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Stanford’s passing game has continued to sputter in the first season under general manager Andrew Luck.—
Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Without him, the Chiefs sputtered on offense to start the game, but Herbert and the Chargers were locked in from kickoff.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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From excellence and respectability to rage and raunch to the abstract and avant-garde.—
Lauren Morrow
September 9,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
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Maybe this works fine — until that kid leaves home to go to college or work and ends up in an urgent care in the middle of the night with raging flu symptoms or a broken wrist.—
Dr. Jill Grimes,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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National outlets raved about his production and fans implored the Royals to bring him up.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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Shorter shoppers rave about them, too.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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An uneasy calm, after two nights of chaos that saw tens of thousands of people pour out into the streets to vent their fury, setting fire to parliament and the Supreme Court – key symbols of state – and clashing with the government forces sent to keep them under control.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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What might feel harmless in the moment, like teasing someone, chatting about lunch plans or venting about a frustrating errand, can suddenly reappear in a recap email sent to the whole group.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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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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