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Recent Examples of pick off
Draisaitl picked off a pass from MacKinnon at one end of the ice, then scored on the rebound of his own shot after falling to his knees at the other end.
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Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
While the Traitors slowly pick off Faithfuls, the Faithfuls try to root out the Traitors.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
Marcus Johansson picked off a pass from Kylington along the right wall and immediately snapped a pass to a wide-open Zuccarello in front of the Colorado net.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
But in the waning seconds, a pass intended for a wide-open McDavid, was picked off by Miller, preventing what would have been an empty net goal.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
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Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
While the Traitors slowly pick off Faithfuls, the Faithfuls try to root out the Traitors.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
Marcus Johansson picked off a pass from Kylington along the right wall and immediately snapped a pass to a wide-open Zuccarello in front of the Colorado net.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
But in the waning seconds, a pass intended for a wide-open McDavid, was picked off by Miller, preventing what would have been an empty net goal.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick off
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In one such message intercepted by investigators, the co-conspirator directs Altoh to deposit funds in an account at Chase Bank.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacramento Bee,
12 Mar. 2025
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Ukraine's air defense forces intercepted 34 missiles and 100 drones, while 86 others were neutralized by electronic warfare systems.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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He’s minimized the walks, partly due to his willingness to use his curveball early in counts for strikes to get ahead and grab count leverage.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Jones intentionally missed the free throw, grabbed his own rebound and fired a pass to Labissiere, who had popped out to the corner for a potential 3-point attempt.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Mar. 2025
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Given iMessage blocks such links, the texts include instructions to either reply or copy the link into Safari to make payment.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Judges already have issued more than 40 orders to temporarily block Trump's actions.—
Susan Page,
USA TODAY,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Pick off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick%20off. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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