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Newton was working off-duty, but wearing a Kansas City Police Department uniform and driving a department patrol vehicle.
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Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
Rather than having to find their own sales channels, participating farmers working off tiny plots on mountain steppes can sell their corn to the company at a set price for unified processing, before the corn is sold online and to major distributors.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
Scott Davenport still worked off and on for the next several months at Quail Hollow, but his original illness cascaded into an insurmountable series of health problems.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
Prosecutors argued the officer, who was working off duty at the time, was within his authority to remove her at the request of management.
—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
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Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
Rather than having to find their own sales channels, participating farmers working off tiny plots on mountain steppes can sell their corn to the company at a set price for unified processing, before the corn is sold online and to major distributors.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
Scott Davenport still worked off and on for the next several months at Quail Hollow, but his original illness cascaded into an insurmountable series of health problems.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
Prosecutors argued the officer, who was working off duty at the time, was within his authority to remove her at the request of management.
—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Work off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20off. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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