Thesaurus results for FIRES (AT)

fires (at)

verb

present tense third-person singular of fire (at)

as in blasts (at)

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Miami also seemed to make some picks off measurables.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026
Riq Woolen picks off Jalen Hurts about 15 yards up the right sideline, jumps in front of Dallas Goedert.

— Zach Berman, New York Times, 11 June 2026

Definition of picks off

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The center blows away the competition to become the largest defense headquarters in the world, amounting to over 35 square miles — nearly the size of Lisbon, Portugal.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 6 July 2026
An ephemeral wind of nothing that blows away like humbug.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026

Definition of blows away

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Speculation soon followed that this effort was in response to the aforementioned test audience confusion, but Cronin shoots down that notion about the last-minute social media campaign.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026
And in the comments of her introductory video, her team shoots down every plausible guess.

— Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025

Definition of shoots down

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