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You're finally about to head off on a well-earned break, but there's one more task to tick off your to-do list: composing an out-of-office reply.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

There’s a downside to such an organization of materials; an audience tends to tick off the episodes as they come along, knowing, in this case, how many innings there will be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

The days, which tick off ominously, will be filled with dread and macabre in-laws; it’s hard to say what’s worse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

“Unfortunately, when you go to the human doctor they do not ever routinely offer these tests, unless you, like, pull this tick off of you and you have a fever.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2025

“I know why I’m here, but who’d you tick off to get sent out here?”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland


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