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if we act quickly, we may still be able to head off disaster
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On Instagram, Kelly regularly shares snaps of her family life — including photos of her girls heading off to their first days of school last month.
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Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
New Jersey kids go to Penn State instead of Rutgers; Illinois residents head off to the University of Missouri instead of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
—Jeffrey Selingo, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Waller in particular has expressed concern that the Fed should ease policy now to head off future issues in the labor market.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Otherwise, visitors who would rather go it alone can rent gear from East Slope Outdoors or Gallatin Alpine Sports ($15 for the first and second days, with discounts for additional days) and head off on trails that lead directly out from the town center, such as Hummock, Uplands, and Ousel Falls.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
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Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
New Jersey kids go to Penn State instead of Rutgers; Illinois residents head off to the University of Missouri instead of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
—Jeffrey Selingo, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Waller in particular has expressed concern that the Fed should ease policy now to head off future issues in the labor market.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Otherwise, visitors who would rather go it alone can rent gear from East Slope Outdoors or Gallatin Alpine Sports ($15 for the first and second days, with discounts for additional days) and head off on trails that lead directly out from the town center, such as Hummock, Uplands, and Ousel Falls.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Head off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20off. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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