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Though not as flashy as her sky-high tumbling and stuck landings, Carey’s work off the mat is also of elite caliber.
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Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Fishermen working off the coast of Taiwan long have dredged up the bones of ancient animals — elephants, water buffalo and hyenas — in their nets, relics of an ice age past when sea levels were lower and the ocean channel was a land bridge.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
Instead of using all eight pitches, Megill has been using about five, primarily working off of his four-seam fastball, slider and sinker.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
Beck, who transferred to Miami this offseason from Georgia and is recovering from right elbow surgery to repair a torn UCL sustained during the SEC Championship Game in December, is still mostly doing work off to the side as the Hurricanes’ spring practice window nears its end.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
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Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Fishermen working off the coast of Taiwan long have dredged up the bones of ancient animals — elephants, water buffalo and hyenas — in their nets, relics of an ice age past when sea levels were lower and the ocean channel was a land bridge.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
Instead of using all eight pitches, Megill has been using about five, primarily working off of his four-seam fastball, slider and sinker.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
Beck, who transferred to Miami this offseason from Georgia and is recovering from right elbow surgery to repair a torn UCL sustained during the SEC Championship Game in December, is still mostly doing work off to the side as the Hurricanes’ spring practice window nears its end.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Work off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20off. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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