specialists were able to deactivate the bomb before it went off
the wedding went off without so much as a single glitch
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To put this into perspective, one study found that without funding from CPB, 26 stations would go off the air and 23 stations would need to reduce their coverage areas.—Sarah Scott, Parents, 15 May 2025 Jerry Jones, the owner, president and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys, moseyed out to join Goodell and go off script with some self-mythologizing and something about being happy to have met Rupert Murdoch.—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025 Officers responded to the store at 5:24 a.m. when a burglary alarm went off and found that a blue Hyundai sedan that was reported stolen in Bristol was used to ram the front of the store.—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2025 Slather on a layer before bedtime for maximum benefits before your alarm goes off in the morning.—Sarah Han, Allure, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for go off
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