come off

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Recent Examples of come off Stock futures initially pointed to further sharp declines Friday, but came off their lows after a couple of positive analyst reports on Jefferies and Zions Bancorp. Fred Imbert, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025 The family comes off, relatively speaking, as quite a happy foursome. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025 Maxim De Cuyper, Eddie Nketiah and Eli Kroupi all came off the bench to score for Brighton, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth respectively. Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 Deadbeat might often come off like an album about feeling engulfed by life. Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for come off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for come off
Verb
  • There was a chill in the air, but for Liverpool’s midfielder, newly arrived from Spain, the real culture shock was what happened on the pitch.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • At the time, authorities said several companies operated on the Accurate Energetic Systems property, but the blast happened in an area operated by Rio Ammunition.
    Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wales Bonner will succeed Véronique Nichanian, who announced her departure Thursday.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Wearables succeeded not just by measuring physiology, but by creating feedback loops that made invisible processes visible and actionable.
    Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to the new research, which analyzed data from 125,000 children, there was a 36% decline in all food allergies between 2012 and 2020.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There are also ramifications for the agriculture industry and food production.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The rapper also expressed frustration towards those who criticized her appearance at a rally Kamala Harris hosted in Milwaukee ahead of the 2024 election, stating that the wrong parts of her speech went viral.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • These can require more unraveling, and the further back one goes, the more conjecture there is.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The protests come amid a federal government shutdown now in its 18th day, broader immigration enforcement operations, and the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago and Los Angeles.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Regulators say more crashes may come Tesla's latest FSD software update arrived just days before the investigation began.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nathan goes over the docking plan with his team.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Forrest running back Quincy Mitchell is set to go over 2,000 rushing yards for the 2025 season.
    Mike Organ, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The arrest occurred during a break at a hearing regarding ex-wife Denise Richards' restraining order against him.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The History of Emily Montague was published in 1769, but the Canadian Confederation—the alliance of the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia into an independent country separate from Great Britain—didn’t occur until 1867.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For tickets and more information, click here.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The Irish don’t have like-for-like replacements for Craig or Rubio, which leaves Freeman scrambling to stabilize an offensive line yet to click and a defensive interior that has tried to use quantity to make up for a lack of quality.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025

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