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Recent Examples of get off Definitely had to club my hands more this season, not having the hockey thing and getting off to a little bit quicker start with that. Dj Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 The tariff roller coaster rumbles on, and for American manufacturers, there’s no getting off the ride anytime soon. Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 20 June 2025 Even after being named an alternate captain this season, Samuelsson got off to a slow start and was at the center of one of the team’s most disappointing moments of the season when nobody stepped in to defend Tage Thompson after a dirty hit from Stefan Noesen. Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 20 June 2025 Costa Rica got off to a great start, picking up maximum points in their match against Suriname. Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025 Paycom Center was rocking during the player introductions and the raucous frenzy continued after tip-off as the Thunder got off to a hot start from the outset. Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 17 June 2025 The Florida Panthers have figured out how to get off to good starts in the Stanley Cup Final. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 June 2025 Hop on the South Brooklyn Route of the NYC ferry and get off at Brooklyn Bridge Park for casual dining options and an unbelievable view of Manhattan’s skyline. Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025 But while the Red Sox ultimately got the last laugh, Judge offered yet another reminder of his greatness Friday, getting off the mat after three humbling at bats and leveling Crochet with a breathtaking knockout blow. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 14 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for get off
Verb
  • Macron and Trump exchanged barbs earlier in the week after Trump departed the G7 summit early as the conflict between Iran and Israel mounted.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 20 June 2025
  • And even the great man had to battle at times for a dollar before departing to take Ferrari's moola.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • De Los Reyes began working for Elite Security as a bag-checker at Petco Park during the 2007-08 baseball season.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
  • The previous agreement, which began in 2015 and runs until 2027, marked Juventus’ departure from Nike.
    Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • Wales have done well under Wilkinson to move away from a hardened reputation as being Fishlock’s team and become more of a sum of their parts.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 June 2025
  • Some changes could be deal breakers for those whose vote is critical to moving the bill over the finish line.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Iran had been in negotiations with the US for about two months, but called them off after Israel started bombing its territory.
    Sara Braun, Fortune, 22 June 2025
  • Before her second trial even started, Read had $5 million of deferred legal bills, according to the magazine.
    Elise Hammond, CNN Money, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • The big exited Barclays Center that night in a walking boot and stayed in New York Friday to undergo further imaging and evaluation while the team traveled to Seattle to begin a four-game roadtrip.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 22 June 2025
  • Rodriguez, 21, has not pitched since exiting a June 8 game with what was termed a biceps issue by the organization.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • The Carabao Cup will begin in mid-August, with Premier League teams not playing in Europe entering in the second round, which starts in the week commencing August 25, and the remaining seven clubs receiving a bye to the third round, which takes place in the weeks commencing September 15 and 22.
    Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 18 June 2025
  • These delays at the ISA, in turn, have frustrated corporate actors, like The Metals Company (TMC), which are keen to commence commercial-scale operations in international waters.
    Time, Time, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • As New York closed in on Tuesday's vote, more investors got nervous as the polls showed Mamdani was leading.
    Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 26 June 2025
  • Daniels gets his guy Aiyuk, who's the younger, and potentially better receiver.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • The transponders onboard Relay 2 stopped responding to radio signals in June 1967, after which point the satellite went silent—until last June.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • As the story goes, Jackson Pollock stepped onto a canvas in 1947, drizzled some paint here and there, and God reached a bony finger down from the heavens and pressed it upon the scale of art history, tilting it from Europe to the United States.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025

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