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Recent Examples of tee off
The agreement was formalized as LIV Golf prepares for its 2025 campaign, which tees off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 6.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Jan. 2025
That’s where players will tee off, hitting the ball into a 64-foot-tall, 53-foot-wide screen—24 times bigger than a standard simulator—on holes that were created just for the league.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
Allow the Rams defensive front to tee off, and Darnold and the Vikings could be in for a long night.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
This feature is particularly useful for players who travel, play at different times of day, or don’t have the opportunity to gauge their distances before teeing off.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Jan. 2025
That’s where players will tee off, hitting the ball into a 64-foot-tall, 53-foot-wide screen—24 times bigger than a standard simulator—on holes that were created just for the league.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
Allow the Rams defensive front to tee off, and Darnold and the Vikings could be in for a long night.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
This feature is particularly useful for players who travel, play at different times of day, or don’t have the opportunity to gauge their distances before teeing off.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tee off
Verb
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The former Republican majority leader has angered some of Trump's supporters for votes and views that conflict with the president's.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Further confusing and angering fans has been the way the team has seemingly taken shots at Dončić's work ethic and conditioning.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC News,
13 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
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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
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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
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As for pizza, Yelp reviewers raved about the Margherita pizza.—
Helena Wegner,
Sacramento Bee,
6 Feb. 2025
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In September 2023, Travis Kelce raved to PEOPLE about his love for Ted Lasso.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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But when Madison vented to Alex in the pods about Mason's behavior, Alex refused to speak poorly about his costar.—
Joelle Goldstein,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Reid’s meetings allowed players to vent, and gave him a chance to act swiftly to address their concerns.—
Natasha Piñon,Megan Sauer,
CNBC,
7 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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“Tee off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tee%20off. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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