pop off
Example Sentences
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“There’s a lot of guys that you may look at their height, weight, speed and it may not pop off the paper, but football isn’t played on paper.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
“Earthquakes pop off around the state, and it’s a little bit like popcorn that they hit — sometimes they bunch up for reasons that we don’t understand,” said Susan Hough, seismologist for the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024
“Hiii, oh my god, the fit is fitting, pop off king!” she says at the start of a recent video that has over 200,000 likes.
From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2024
If a railroad sandwiches a group of empty railcars between two sets of heavy coal cars, those lighter cars are more likely to be squeezed and pop off the tracks when going downhill.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024
He held his hands tightly against the sides of his head as I spoke, as if his head might pop off his body if he didn’t keep hold of it.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
