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Recent Examples of tee off
The 153rd Open Championship tees off Thursday on the dune and medieval ruin strewn Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush.
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Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The 153rd Open Championship — aka the British Open — tees off Thursday at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
Bay Area sports stars Steph Curry and George Kittle are among the celebrities set to tee off at the American Century Championship in Tahoe starting on Friday.
—Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 9 July 2025
Due to inclement weather, the tournament announced players will tee off from 10:55 a.m. to 12:56 p.m. off of the No. 1 and 10 tees.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025
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Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The 153rd Open Championship — aka the British Open — tees off Thursday at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
Bay Area sports stars Steph Curry and George Kittle are among the celebrities set to tee off at the American Century Championship in Tahoe starting on Friday.
—Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 9 July 2025
Due to inclement weather, the tournament announced players will tee off from 10:55 a.m. to 12:56 p.m. off of the No. 1 and 10 tees.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tee off
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Trump, angered by messy encampments of homeless people near the White House and on the nation's streets and parks, declared that organizations receiving federal funding must focus first on locking up people with drug or mental health challenges.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
31 July 2025
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In March, Gerson signed a contract to keep him at Flamengo until 2030, his subsequent departure angering many Flamengo fans.—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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In the movie’s trailer, Offerman can be seen training with firearms and ranting about systemic oppression as Jerry.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
25 June 2025
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The slightest noise from the children could propel him from the room, ranting.—
Noah Hawley,
The Atlantic,
2 July 2025
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Earlier Thursday, the controversy over the Epstein files had snarled the House’s efforts to pass a bill that claws back $9.4 billion in federal spending, as Democrats used procedural moves to force votes on releasing the documents in tandem with the package.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
18 July 2025
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The early-morning crash snarled traffic on the bridge, which has two four-lane spans and connects Delaware and New Jersey.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
12 July 2025
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Officers tended to wave shiny new Packards through their checkpoints but halted sputtering early-model Fords pulling makeshift trailers and caked with half a continent’s dust.—
Olatunji Osho-Williams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 July 2025
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The legislation gained momentum after its introduction by Sen. Caroline Menjivar (D-Panorama City) and Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) in the wake of January’s devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, but neither made it out of its house of origin before sputtering out.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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The best analogue for this moment may be Trump’s online raging after the January 6, 2021, insurrection.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
22 July 2025
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Flash floods are usually characterized by raging torrents after heavy rains.—
Andrew Ford,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025
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Fans rave about the Wawa Summertime Hoagiefest, which offers $6 and under hoagies, clubs, burgers, quesadillas and breakfast hoagies for a limited time.—
Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
25 July 2025
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The new Patriots center raved about Maye’s maturity and approach after Friday’s training camp practice.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
25 July 2025
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The need to publicize what had happened—and simply to vent—outweighed the fear of retaliation, though many people asked to remain anonymous.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
1 Aug. 2025
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Joey Bada$$ confessed that his pending Lonely At The Top album will not arrive on its Friday (Aug. 1) due date, and vented his label woes in the process.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
30 July 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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At the time, even Carter's fellow Democrats fulminated against his incompetence.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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