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Recent Examples of tee off
Triples sees the three players on a team rotate who hits shots as well as taking turns to tee off.
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Ben Church, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
Scheffler tees off Thursday at 9 a.m. on Spyglass’ back-9, so the galleries may not engulf him until Friday and the weekend rounds at Pebble.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2025
The tournament tees off four weeks of high-profile events with a pair of Signature Events at Pebble Beach and Genesis Invitational sandwiched between the popular Phoenix Open over Super Bowl weekend.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
The agreement was formalized as LIV Golf prepares for its 2025 campaign, which tees off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 6.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Jan. 2025
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Ben Church, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
Scheffler tees off Thursday at 9 a.m. on Spyglass’ back-9, so the galleries may not engulf him until Friday and the weekend rounds at Pebble.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2025
The tournament tees off four weeks of high-profile events with a pair of Signature Events at Pebble Beach and Genesis Invitational sandwiched between the popular Phoenix Open over Super Bowl weekend.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
The agreement was formalized as LIV Golf prepares for its 2025 campaign, which tees off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 6.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tee off
Verb
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The brand also angered left-leaning customers because of its conciliatory response to right-wing attacks.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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The meeting angered Democrats, who were horrified by Trump and Vice President Vance's conduct.—
Andrew Solender,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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In the unspeakably indulgent more-than-two-hour lead-up to this moment, Tykwer has given each of his characters both an escapist musical number and a chance to rant and scream their lungs out.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2025
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And while posts regarding his actions are definitely relevant, a post just ranting about him is not.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The black bear slumped headfirst down and out of the tree and hit limply among the snarling dogs.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
13 Feb. 2025
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The raging wildfires have forced other event postponements, and snarled film and television productions.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The initial rally of the country’s benchmark CSI 300 following the announcement has largely sputtered by now.—
Lee Ying Shan,Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2025
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In recent years, as diamond prices have sputtered and the BDP government has repeatedly been caught up in major corruption scandals, Botswana’s youthful electorate has begun to search for alternatives to the party of their elders.—
Keletso Thobega,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Storms raged at last year’s festival, dampening the fun.—
Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Feb. 2025
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The SpaceX billionaire also raged against U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer, who issued a ruling last week blocking DOGE from getting into the Treasury's payment system, which contains sensitive information about American taxpayers' identities, including bank account and Social Security numbers.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Shriver raved about her son and the series on Instagram, while his father weighed in too, in classic style.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Throughout the 4 Nations tournament, head coach Jon Cooper has raved about Crosby’s impact on the group.—
Chris Johnston,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Many meteorologists took to social media to vent their frustrations.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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People need permission to vent frustrations, work through fears and pose tough questions.—
Lisa Hale,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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In Europe and the U.S., far-right politicians fulminated that the West was under siege.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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The comments came as Trump loyalists have been fulminating against each other online for days over the H-1B visas.—
Jessica Garrison,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Dec. 2024
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