as in exits
to leave a place often for another
told the onlookers to clear off so that the police could do their work
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Once river water enters the top of the lake, its slower-moving waters allow silts and other particles to drop to the bottom, and the water that exits the lake and flows further down the river is cleaner.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
14 Oct. 2025 -
In 2024, high-profile exits at firms like Lamb Weston and Kohl’s occurred amid mounting pressure, while at Boeing, Nike, Stellantis, and Hertz, CEOs departed before an active campaign ever materialized.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Shortly after the yacht departs, Lo, who is staying in cabin 8, enters cabin 10, which is directly next to hers.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Oversize bags must still be checked in before a flight departs.—
News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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The country’s instant payments system, Pix, introduced by the central bank in 2020, now moves more money than credit and debit cards combined.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Those rulings will shape whether the prosecution moves toward trial or stalls amid continuing questions about politics, process, and prosecutorial independence.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Same goes for their boss, Jason Kidd.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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These two puzzles are both relevant to the fundamental properties and constituents of the Universe, but as far as the resolution goes, that will have to await our scientific future.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Oct. 2025
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After Lazio at the weekend, the algorithm gets kinder.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The locker room all but clears out before quarterback Patrick Mahomes returns to the interview room that Reid just vacated.—
Sam McDowell
Updated October 7,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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Universal opted to spend several scenes with the paranormal investigator whose face peels off in the bathroom mirror — a minor character in the story with a high gore factor.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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SpaceX's launch pad at the Santa Barbara County spaceport is where another Starlink internet satellite deployment mission gets off the ground.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Larsa, however, gets off topic and asks who put Adriana’s age on the cake.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Clears off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clears%20off. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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