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pick off

verb

Definition of pick off

as in to intercept

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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Recent Examples of pick off Baker’s Errol Siemon picked off a pass and returned it 20 yards for a score. — Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026 Rookie Sonny Styles had an interception, and after Washington had taken a 27-24 lead, Medrano picked off Sam Darnold’s pass over the middle and ran it back all the way to put the Commanders (1-2) two scores ahead. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 Underwood was picked off Deshaun Lee, a former teammate at nearby Belleville High School, at the Iowa 2 early in the third quarter. — CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026 One play later, UCF linebacker Tackett Curtis stepped up, picked off a Brown pass and returned it 38 yards. — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pick off

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The malware can intercept SMS messages and notification content as well, giving attackers another way to capture one-time passwords and two-factor authentication codes.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Signals intelligence is the field of collecting, intercepting and analyzing electronic signals to support defense, communications and emergency response.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

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The raise suggests investors aren't deterred by Beijing's unprecedented order to block Meta's short-lived $2 billion acquisition.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
In this group, only 3% died of breast cancer after six years, and about 91% had their tumors controlled with primary endocrine therapy, which blocks estrogen receptors on ER+ breast cancer to prevent its growth.

— Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

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