pick off

Example Sentences

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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

BigBear can certainly pick off smaller, more specialized government contracts, however, and even has a partnership with Palantir.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

Eventually, it becomes pliable enough to pick off ground balls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Now, however, the court has granted classwide relief, at least for now, to ensure that the government can’t pick off non-plaintiffs and quietly fly them to El Salvador.

From Slate • May 16, 2025

Also, the more we thought about DNA chemistry, the more unlikely seemed the possibility that even Linus could pick off the structure in total ignorance of the work at King’s.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson