without incident
idiom
: without any unexpected trouble
The suspects were arrested without incident.
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Notably, Team Japan enjoyed stellar pitching performances from the likes of Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto without incident that year.
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Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Officers responded to the area and located Holdgate, who was taken into custody without incident.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2025
Sharma-Crawford maintains that Martinez was not hiding from authorities and that all of his DACA renewals (which take place every two years) had been approved by the government without incident.
—Albinson Linares, NBC news, 7 May 2025
The person surrendered to SWAT officers without incident about 5 a.m., Sacramento Police Department officials said in a social media post.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 May 2025
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Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Officers responded to the area and located Holdgate, who was taken into custody without incident.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2025
Sharma-Crawford maintains that Martinez was not hiding from authorities and that all of his DACA renewals (which take place every two years) had been approved by the government without incident.
—Albinson Linares, NBC news, 7 May 2025
The person surrendered to SWAT officers without incident about 5 a.m., Sacramento Police Department officials said in a social media post.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 May 2025
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“Without incident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20incident. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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