picking off

present participle of pick off
as in intercepting
to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course picked off more passes than any other player in the division

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  • Many present will be advocating the bloc explore policies of ‘offshoring’ asylum procedures, which is to say intercepting people trying to seek shelter in Europe and sending them to non-EU countries to have their claims processed.
    Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Israel’s air defense systems are impressive, intercepting and destroying most projectiles fired towards the country.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
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  • Looking ahead, its beer business should continue grabbing market share and its hard to imagine the wine-and-spirits unit getting much worse.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
  • A day could include grabbing cardamom snurrer at a bakery in Østerbro, poking around the design shops of Frederiksstaden, stopping for a dip at one of the harbor's swimming spots, and ending up at a biodynamic wine bar in Christianshavn.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Oct. 2024
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  • His image of Ethel Kennedy’s outstretched arm and hand blocking his camera’s lens will be on view in the exhibition.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Overhead images from news crews showed a semi-truck trailer blocking the roadway.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Picking off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picking%20off. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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