without incident

idiom

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

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He was arrested in Stockton, California, without incident on Saturday. Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025 Nola made it through the first two innings against the Washington Nationals without incident. Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025 No arrests were recorded, and the dismantlings happened without incident, a White House official said. Andrea Margolis , Patrick Ward, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025 The Oxford Mail reported in late July that former Vice President Kamala Harris had just visited The Bull and at least one other establishment in the area without incident. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 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 25 Aug. 2025.

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