Recent Examples on the WebBefore state wardens responded to the scene, a person made off with the bear’s paws.—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 21 May 2024 If ExxonMobil succeeds in silencing voices and upending the rules of shareholder democracy, what other subjects will the leaders of any company make off limits?—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024 In 1993, robbers broke into the museum through the roof and made off with a quarter of a million dollars’ worth of Roman coins and jewelry.—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024 In some cases, the token never materializes and the scammers make off with the funds.—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2024 In January, thieves also made off with a plaque commemorating the history of Bruce’s Beach in Manhattan Beach.—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024 The man made off with money, phones and a camera, but no one was hurt.—Victor Mather, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024 Robbers made off with $30 million that was inside of a facility run by the private security firm GardaWorld.—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024 Wearing black hooded sweatshirts, gloves, surgical masks and black hats, the suspects smashed the glass cases with sledgehammers before snatching the jewelry and making off into a black SUV and driving out of the mall property onto Baldwin Road.—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
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