without incident
idiom
: without any unexpected trouble
The suspects were arrested without incident.
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Investigators, aided by SFPD Ambassadors and community tips, identified Luchin as the suspect and arrested him without incident, police said.
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Doc Louallen, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
Police secured the weapon and arrested the man without incident.
—Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The suspect was taken into custody in Half Moon Bay without incident and booked into Maguire Correctional Facility on suspicion of burglary, authorities said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
The Overland Park Police Department’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Unit responded to the scene and removed them from the house without incident, Putthoff said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
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Doc Louallen, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
Police secured the weapon and arrested the man without incident.
—Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The suspect was taken into custody in Half Moon Bay without incident and booked into Maguire Correctional Facility on suspicion of burglary, authorities said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
The Overland Park Police Department’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Unit responded to the scene and removed them from the house without incident, Putthoff said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Without incident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20incident. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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