come off

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Recent Examples of come off Miami is coming off a 10-3 season that started promising but ended with two late-season losses, which cost UM a shot at an ACC title and a College Football Playoff berth. Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025 Early in the game, James came off a screen with Cooper trailing and arriving too late, giving James just enough time to launch a jumper that settled into the net. Broderick Turner follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025 Major potential UFAs like Mikko Rantanen and Leon Draisaitl came off the board months ago. Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025 The Thunder are coming off an NBA championship boasting one of the best financial situations in the league. Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for come off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for come off
Verb
  • The Senate has spent some 18 hours churning through more than two dozen amendments in what is called a vote-a-rama, a typically laborious process that went on longer than usual as negotiations happen on and off the chamber floor.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
  • The crash happened about 10:08 p.m. on Lancaster Pike when the storm caused a tree to fall into the path of an SUV, according to state police.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • During the month of May in the city of San Diego, only 128 out of 2,216 requests for shelter succeeded, largely because facilities are full.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
  • As of Saturday morning, the fire crew succeeded in containing 75% of this fire.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • There is still a benefit to Levi playing in the AHL.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 10 July 2025
  • There are books upon books upon books, binders about the movie.
    Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • Montgomery went 3-for-5 with the first-inning RBI triple and singles in the fourth and seventh innings in his second major-league game.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
  • But the story goes a little something like this: Cheyenne, along with her two older brothers, was taken in by their great-grandparents after their mother lost custody.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • So many contemporary references that went over my head.
    EW.com, EW.com, 9 July 2025
  • So much so that some of its significance may have gone over the heads of those casually tuning in online or even attending in person.
    Caché McClay, USA Today, 9 July 2025
Verb
  • Flooding may occur in poor-drainage and urban areas.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT Updated July 12, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2025
  • What can be said, and quite definitively, is that, in a warming world, flooding of the sort that occurred in Texas will be more common.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • To find the full list of previous Powerball winners,click the link to the lottery's website.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 6 July 2025
  • To read the results of previous reader polls, click here.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • Much of their success came down to the sale of a single product: the Pro-Line Curly Kit, also known as the at-home Jheri curl.
    Kelli María Korducki, thehustle.co, 11 July 2025
  • Thin lightning streaks came down upon the river and skated on its surface for a few moments before disappearing.
    Alann B. Steen, Outdoor Life, 10 July 2025

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