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Recent Examples of pick off
For example, cotton remnants must be picked off steel mattress springs before it can be shredded or baled for sale to scrap markets, according to the Mattress Recycling Council.
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Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
Much of the anger at Hezbollah springs from how quickly the group’s leadership appears to have been decimated, with Israel demonstrating its spying prowess time and again by picking off the group’s top-ranking officials.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
The simple plot follows a, yes, slumber party gone wrong when a power-tool-wielding maniac crashes the party and picks off the girls one by one.
—Meagan Navarro, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
After hitting George Kittle for 15 yards on the first play, Purdy was then picked off by Cardinals linebacker Kyzir White to put this one on ice.
—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
Much of the anger at Hezbollah springs from how quickly the group’s leadership appears to have been decimated, with Israel demonstrating its spying prowess time and again by picking off the group’s top-ranking officials.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
The simple plot follows a, yes, slumber party gone wrong when a power-tool-wielding maniac crashes the party and picks off the girls one by one.
—Meagan Navarro, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
After hitting George Kittle for 15 yards on the first play, Purdy was then picked off by Cardinals linebacker Kyzir White to put this one on ice.
—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick off
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Whether deer are bedding there, or merely using these as travel routes, hunters can intercept them. 6.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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As well as being exempt from conditions enforced by the U.S. and other allies, ballistic missiles are also harder for Russian air defenses to intercept, compared with cruise missiles or drones, Parakilas said.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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After the tree lights up the night, the park will be open for visitors to check out the exhibits and grab some holiday treats.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
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At one point, the man allegedly told Combs to grab a white bird from a cage that the man had presumably brought with him.Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
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Bands of hardline members have grown just large enough to block votes on bills, moves that were once viewed as beyond the pale within the halls of Congress.Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
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Owner Robin Wilson started Vesey Lane Goods a year after having an ischemic stroke, which occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is blocked or reduced.Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2024
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