without incident

idiom

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

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About an hour after the shooting, Lauren exited her home and was arrested without incident. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025 Djuric was arrested without incident and is being held on a $50,000 bond, records state. Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025 But for a few spots here and there, 99% of L.A. is going about their daily live without incident. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 June 2025 After your bag passes through the X-ray diffraction machine without incident, it’s loaded into the cargo hold. IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 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 1 Jul. 2025.

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