as in exited
to leave a place often for another
bugger off, or I'll call the police!
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The Brewers beat the Cubs with a traditional ace, Freddy Peralta, in Game 1, and then deployed six different pitchers to shut down Chicago’s offense once Game 2 opener Aaron Ashby exited.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025 -
About 17% of principals exited their districts last school year, a 3 percentage point increase over the prior year.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The Palladinos departed after Season 6 due to contract disputes with WB, and David Rosenthal stepped in as showrunner and head writer.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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Gehlfuss, who was with the show since its inception, departed in Season 8.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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Four-time league MVP A’ja Wilson had 28 points and 14 rebounds as the Aces moved ahead 2-0 in the first best-of-7 finals in league history.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Ahead of this school year, MPS Superintendent Brenda Cassellius moved some central office staff to classroom teaching positions to fill vacant roles.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The wild card here is Mateychuk, who got his feet wet in 45 games as a 20-year-old last season and even spent some time in the top four.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Both shoes and bags also got some spring-appropriate color updates in fuchsia, amber and mint.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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In their second drive against the Broncos, the Eagles went no-huddle on a season-high seven straight plays.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Olson went four innings, scattering five hits and allowed just one run.—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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In both France and Russia popular political satire shows with puppets ran afoul of those in power and were pushed off the air.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
3 Oct. 2025
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If Troy Franklin hadn’t pushed off and dropped a wide-open end-zone slant from Nix in the fourth quarter, the quarterback’s day against the Chargers (14 of 25, 153 yards, a touchdown, no interceptions) looks completely different.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
24 Sep. 2025
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The mission got off to a positive start, with the successful first-ever launch of a rocket booster – known as Super Heavy – that had flown during a previous flight in January.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Giants got off to a fast start against the New Orleans Saints, but the offense sputtered the rest of the way in the 26-14 loss.—
Mark Kern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Simply cut out an outline of a pumpkin and have your child fill in the middle with pieces of tissue paper.—
Ellen Sturm Niz,
Parents,
8 Oct. 2025
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There are electrodes that can split hydrogen straight out of seawater, cutting out the need for costly desalination.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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