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Recent Examples of pick off
The only poor game came in Week 10 against the Houston Texans when he was picked off five times.
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Steve Silverman, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
With this contest already having nine punts, Kyler Murray looked for Marvin Harrison Jr. in the end zone, but he was picked off.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 29 Dec. 2024
But with the game tied 24-24, Notre Dame sophomore cornerback Christian Gray picked off Penn State quarterback Drew Allar’s errant pass, giving the Irish the ball at the Nittany Lions’ 42-yard line.
—Tim Casey, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Prior to the 2023 season, Major League Baseball announced a spate of rules designed to make stealing bases easier — instituting penalties for pitchers who take too much time between pitches, and fail to pick off a runner within three attempts.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Steve Silverman, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
With this contest already having nine punts, Kyler Murray looked for Marvin Harrison Jr. in the end zone, but he was picked off.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 29 Dec. 2024
But with the game tied 24-24, Notre Dame sophomore cornerback Christian Gray picked off Penn State quarterback Drew Allar’s errant pass, giving the Irish the ball at the Nittany Lions’ 42-yard line.
—Tim Casey, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Prior to the 2023 season, Major League Baseball announced a spate of rules designed to make stealing bases easier — instituting penalties for pitchers who take too much time between pitches, and fail to pick off a runner within three attempts.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick off
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In an effort to intercept and hamper these missions, the Nazis occupied Svalbard and set up intelligence stations that could gather weather data to help aid in attacks on Allied ships.—
James Patton Rogers & Caroline Kennedy Pipe / Made by History ,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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On 22 attempts Sunday, Allen did not have a single pass broken up or intercepted.—
Derrik Klassen,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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In the hills of the Palisades, near the Temescal Ridge Trail, Alex Emerick, 34, his younger sister, Rainier, and their parents grabbed garden hoses at their home of 33 years.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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The witness jumped in to assist and grab the knife, cutting himself in the process.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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Republicans successfully slipped in an amendment to the 2025 defense bill that blocks gender-affirming care for transgender children of the military, legislation that Biden signed into law, although many Democrats objected to the provision.—
Brad Dress,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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After a federal court issued an injunction last summer blocking the program, millions of borrowers who had enrolled in SAVE were forced into a forbearance.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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