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The brazen daytime robbery shook Paris on October 19, when a group of thieves broke into the Louvre Museum’s Apollon Gallery and made off with eight culturally priceless pieces of the French crown jewels.—Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2025 Slippers, towels, and coffee mugs top the list, but some guests have made off with far bigger (and stranger) souvenirs.—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025 Then, after a Mazzulla timeout and a round of C’s substitutions, the Magic got back-to-back buckets off offensive rebounds, then two makes off steals by Desmond Bane (22 points) and Paolo Banchero (15 points).—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025 Like, the amount of money the band could make off of one album could be more than potentially the entire career of the band, and that’s not fair to me.—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for make off
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