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Recent Examples of tee off
Some of the best golfers in the world are teeing off in Fort Worth this week.
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2025
Sports + entertainment Sports at a glance … The final round of the PGA Championship tees off later today in Charlotte, North Carolina.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
Scheffler will play the final round of the PGA Championship with Noren, teeing off at 2:40 p.m. Eastern time.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
The thought of golfers teeing off on an Indigenous sacred site every day grated Wallace.
—Kevin Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2025
Sports + entertainment Sports at a glance … The final round of the PGA Championship tees off later today in Charlotte, North Carolina.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
Scheffler will play the final round of the PGA Championship with Noren, teeing off at 2:40 p.m. Eastern time.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
The thought of golfers teeing off on an Indigenous sacred site every day grated Wallace.
—Kevin Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tee off
Verb
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The move, which the governor said was necessary to increase collaboration and mentorship among civil servants, angered state workers and the labor groups representing them.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2025
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Additionally, reports had indicated that President Xi was angered over the transaction since Hutchison did not ask for approval of the deal in advance.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
3 June 2025
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Among other things, Buster is shown doing cocaine and ranting about a barkeeper who refused to waive his beer tab.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
25 May 2025
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In real life, the problematic rapper has a storied history with SNL after having both ranted about and praised the show while appearing as a musical guest.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
19 May 2025
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The location was evidently a sacred place where the ancient buried their dead and saber-tooth tigers snarled.—
Sean Kingsley,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2025
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The cages help shelter the vulnerable young oysters, and keep them from sinking into the mud, serving the function of oyster reefs, which once rose above the surface of the Chesapeake in some places, snarling passing ships.—
Christine Condon,
Baltimore Sun,
24 May 2025
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Another plan that would have replaced LAPD officers with unarmed transportation workers on traffic stops sputtered amid debates around jurisdiction and funding.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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As the Knicks ran out of gas and sputtered, Nesmith kept his foot on the pedal.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
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Fraser delivers a brimstone sermon worthy of a Baptist preacher at a tent revival, raging at plutocrats who ravage those with less (or nothing at all).—
Hamilton Cain,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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Keeping the party raging will require some salesmanship.—
Dan Alexander,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Our experts always rave about these products too much.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
26 May 2025
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My whole family raved about its sweet-tart flavor and creamy texture.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
26 May 2025
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But fury is being openly vented across the Russia media, with pro-Kremlin pundits and bloggers seething with calls for retribution, even nuclear retaliation.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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President Donald Trump has vented his frustration with China's President Xi Jinping, as the trade conflict flares again, despite an agreement in Geneva to slash tariffs and work constructively to resolve key differences.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 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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