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as in to get (away)
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Roofman is simply too odd a bird, a movie that sets out to be a romp but can’t bring itself to smooth over the rougher aspects of its material, especially in terms of its main character’s addiction to showing off with gifts or flashes of cash.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025 -
Malaviya set out on his expedition on his 17th birthday in July 2023.—
Vanessa Romo,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
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Few would get out of bed with the flu-like symptoms that ailed Jordan in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Jeremiah [Ing] was always the next plan, to get out.—
Terry Terrones,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
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Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, set off the capital spending frenzy by announcing a $500 billion AI infrastructure plan at the White House in January, and nothing is standing in Big Tech’s way; certainly not lawyers or anti-trust regulators.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Rules analyst Russell Yurk concurred, and although the NFL explained why the call was correct, the ESPN broadcasters’ disgust set off a social-media firestorm about how the officials are biased toward the Chiefs.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
9 Oct. 2025
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Players are told to clear out a three-story apartment, but basic rifle bullets are bringing the walls down around you, with unknown enemies appearing like a jump scare.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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Triton, at some point, came into the Neptunian system, disrupted and/or cleared out the outermore moons, and settled into its current orbit.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Oct. 2025
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The nickel candle snuffer is part of the retailer’s small business collection, and is the most elegant way to put out that pine tree candle this holiday season.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
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The Carlyle Group also put out an analysis this week that showed employment growth essentially flat in September .—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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Gustavsson provides a good blueprint for Wallstedt, too — an example of how goalies don’t always take off right away.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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According to aircraft tracking service FlightRadar24, the Airbus H130 helicopter operated as Reach 5 had taken off from the roof of UC Davis Medical Center just minutes before the crash.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
7 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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But the unexpected interloper turns out not to be the last of the heist’s hiccups when new team recruit Zen (Rosa Salazar) plugs Parker’s crew full of bullet holes and makes off with the rest of the cash.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Oct. 2025
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Methane has been measured escaping from crevices in the seabed at a high rate as the region warms at unprecedented rates, according to a paper published in Nature Communications.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Light out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light%20out. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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