without incident
idiom
: without any unexpected trouble
The suspects were arrested without incident.
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The second half was played without incident, and the the second half took less than an hour.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
Authorities located the suspect later Thursday morning in Yuba City, where she was taken into custody without incident.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The investigation found a similar hydraulic icing problem in another F-35 at the same base during a flight nine days after the crash, but that aircraft was able to land without incident.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
The pilot and the ship's first mate navigated the vessel to the terminal without incident, the release said.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
Authorities located the suspect later Thursday morning in Yuba City, where she was taken into custody without incident.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The investigation found a similar hydraulic icing problem in another F-35 at the same base during a flight nine days after the crash, but that aircraft was able to land without incident.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
The pilot and the ship's first mate navigated the vessel to the terminal without incident, the release said.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
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 9 Sep. 2025.
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