she was about to tell me the big news when her attention was called off by the arrival of another guest called off the party after half of those invited couldn't make it
Recent Examples on the WebAt the time, engineers concluded the leak rate was small enough to permit launch, but the countdown was called off after engineers with Atlas-builder United Launch Alliance noted unusual behavior in an oxygen pressure relief valve in the rocket's Centaur upper stage.—William Harwood, CBS News, 21 May 2024 Prosecutors said Singh carefully planned his family’s killing, including by calling off work and arranging for his three children to be out of the apartment, and lied to shield himself from a police investigation.—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for call off
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