without incident

phrase

: without any unexpected trouble
The suspects were arrested without incident.

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Wilson was arrested at his job on Wednesday without incident. Richard Ramos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 The line of aircraft coming in for a landing looks mind boggling to handle but the ATC’s do it without incident. Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Moriarty said that since Castro’s arrest, Texas has extradited three unrelated criminal defendants without incident to Minnesota. Mark Vancleave, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026 Clenton Withers, 20, of North Little Rock was located at a residence in the city and arrested without incident, the news release said. Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for without incident

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“Without incident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20incident. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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