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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Think more even heat, better tasting meals, and less chance of smoke detectors going off mid-dinner, among other benefits.—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 26 July 2025 Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images When it was reported last month that Anthropic’s Claude had resorted to blackmail and other self-preservation techniques to avoid being shut down, alarm bells went off in the AI community.—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 24 July 2025 When Moody sustained a high ankle sprain making a tackle on a kickoff return — yes, the 49ers coverage unit had failed to do its job — in Week 5 against the Arizona Cardinals, his season went off the rails.—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 24 July 2025 The test run in Austin has mostly gone off without a hitch, though there have been a few alarming incidents, such as when a robotaxi went down a lane meant for opposing traffic.—Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for go off
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