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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blasting off
taking off
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Kalkbrenner ceded the starting center role to Diabate while recovering from an elbow injury spanning parts of December and January and that’s also when the Hornets’ game-opening unit began taking off and flourishing.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Feb. 2026 -
The next day, a United jetliner bound for Japan lost a tire while taking off from San Francisco but later landed safely in Los Angeles.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Blasting off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blasting%20off. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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