Examples of head off in a Sentence
if we act quickly, we may still be able to head off disaster
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Osbourne, who died July 22 at 76 after a heart attack, famously bit the head off a bat during a solo performance.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, his day job may be entering a new phase as fledgling companies leave the nest and head off on their own — faster than new ones launch.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
But Republican leaders are hoping that document release and a vote on an alternative symbolic measure will head off Massie’s efforts to get his bill to the House floor.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
The broadcasting deals were revealed in exclusivity to Variety on Monday by global distributor Federation International, as 150 world buyers were heading off to this week’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre, the world’s largest dedicated market for French audiovisual content.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, his day job may be entering a new phase as fledgling companies leave the nest and head off on their own — faster than new ones launch.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
But Republican leaders are hoping that document release and a vote on an alternative symbolic measure will head off Massie’s efforts to get his bill to the House floor.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
The broadcasting deals were revealed in exclusivity to Variety on Monday by global distributor Federation International, as 150 world buyers were heading off to this week’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre, the world’s largest dedicated market for French audiovisual content.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Head off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20off. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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