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as in to get (away)
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This year, a replica of the Seneca Chief, which carried Clinton in 1825, set out from Buffalo on the canal.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Oct. 2025 -
Forecasters are urging travelers to check state road condition websites before setting out, as snow and ice are likely on high-elevation roads and mountain passes.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The two were arguing inside a car and then got out of the car, where the fight escalated, police said.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda gets out of a Tesla Motor’s Roadster electric car with Tesla Motors Chief Exective Officer Elon Musk (behind car) upon their arrival at a news conference in Tokyo November 12, 2010.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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The hairstylist who accidentally set off the sprinklers called Fishers Fire Department.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Russia’s last nuclear test was in 1990 and the US last set off a nuclear device in 1992.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Will the rainy weather clear out for trick-or-treat time on Friday?—
Cheryl Vari,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
27 Oct. 2025
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Even if Denver clears out $10 million in cap space in the form of Jonas Valanciunas’ non-guaranteed salary, will there be enough room for the front office to both negotiate a new deal that pays Watson market value and fill out the rest of the roster?—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
26 Oct. 2025
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Firefighters employed a blanket containing a mixture of foam and water, because of fuel leaking on the ground, to put out the fire, the Daily Herald reported, adding there was no damage to the mall’s interior or nearby structures.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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While Searchlight has not put out an official logline for the feature, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter the story is described as a love letter to the music of the movies and the people who make it.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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Critical work The role of air traffic controllers is crucial because of how many flights take off every day in the United States, Mourning said.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Indiana selected Caitlin Clark with the top pick in 2024 and her role in the offense began to take off.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Four guys, using a cherry picker truck to scale the side of the museum, break through a second-floor window, scoop up to $100 million worth of French crown jewelry and make off with the loot on motor scooters in under 10 minutes.—
Greg Palkot,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Police believe that these seven people were connected with a group of more than a dozen robbers who rammed a car into the front of Kim Hung Jewelry on Aborn Road in San Jose on Sept. 5 and made off with a bounty of jewelry, authorities said at a news conference.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Epstein story is all about people who are sufficiently rich or entitled escaping the full consequences of their actions, something that is still happening here.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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Seven years after disappearing from his California home in 1972, 14-year-old Steven Stayner escaped his kidnapper, Kenneth Parnell, and returned to his family in 1980.—
James Mercadante,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Light out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light%20out. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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