pick off
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Henderson tried to pick off Edman, but his errant throw gave the Dodgers the lead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Navy decommissioned its last battleship in 1992, after the military recognized that battleships had become sitting ducks, vulnerable to modern military munitions that could pick off the vessel from the sky.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
Armed with a virtually unlimited war chest, the professor would pick off the top scientists at less well financed labs—starting, presumably, with DeepMind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
BigBear can certainly pick off smaller, more specialized government contracts, however, and even has a partnership with Palantir.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
A few minutes later we were all in the pumpkin patch with our baby pumpkins that we were allowed to pick off the vines.
From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos
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