Sentence examples for were picked off from inspiring English sources

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The Lib Dems were picked off easily enough.

They were picked off by the Lions in attack.

One by one, Socialist grandees were picked off, co-opted or dispatched out of the country.

Beggars were picked off the streets and locked up until someone came to guarantee their livelihood.

Runs were picked off in ones and twos, with the occasional boundary a bonus.

Some victims were targeted for murder, some were picked off by snipers or killed when medical facilities were bombed.

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"The sharpshooters of bigotry" were picking off teachers who cared about ideas, Darrow believed.

"And Chagrin in being picked off base.

Alfonso Soriano was picked off twice.

A huge play, Kaepernick is picked off!

Every day runners would be picked off by Turkish snipers.

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