cry off

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Recent Examples of cry off Hoda Kotb's Today show departure announcement is causing a lot of tears from her colleagues, including Savannah Guthrie who cried off her glam! Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024 How can the guys and gals do all this without crying off their makeup, or busting a seam on one of their tight-fitting getups? oregonlive, 24 May 2023 Tamika, keep it in, don’t cry off your lashes, girl. Niema Jordan, Essence, 17 May 2022 Here are 11 waterproof eyeliners that not even a level 100 Cancer could cry off. Allure, 20 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cry off
Verb
  • He's witnessed countless episodes of passengers wearing noise-canceling headphones and earbuds walking through airport terminals, oblivious to their surroundings and putting themselves and others in danger.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • That proposal was canceled after bipartisan opposition in the Senate.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These factors should never be a cause to abandon principles, but this is exactly what is occurring.
    Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This would come as Carr also plans on abandoning an effort to raise the agency's benchmark for high-speed internet from 100Mbps to 1Gbps.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Costs ballooned from £33 billion to over £100 billion, and the northern section was scrapped entirely.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The club could have George Valera, Chase DeLauter, Nolan Jones, Noel and Angel Martínez scrapping for opportunities in the spring.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • During an interview with Fox News on Monday, Rubio said that the State Department will not grant visas to those celebrating Kirk’s death, and will revoke visas from those doing so.
    Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the United States has begun revoking the visas of individuals found celebrating the killing of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
    Alia Shoaib Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Still, in March, a collision alarm sounded in the cockpit of a Delta Air Lines jet when Air Force jets conducting a flyover at Arlington National Cemetery got too close, and in May, an Army helicopter circling the neighboring Pentagon, caused two passenger jets to abort landings.
    Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But the Clinton administration aborted the idea out of fear that an attack could result in retaliation against South Korea and a broader war, and instead sought a diplomatic solution.
    VIPIN NARANG, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Initially, both the Treasury Department and key congressional leaders were determined to repeal the SALT deduction entirely.
    Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Federal officials have said that repealing the rule would allow for more flexible management for local land managers and aid in preventing destructive wildfires.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Cry off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cry%20off. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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