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Recent Examples of make off
Later that year, Lightning made off with $58,383 from a branch in Scripps Ranch.
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Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
Much later in her career, Ian’s business manager cooked her books, making off with Janis’s money and leaving her in serious debt to the IRS.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
Image Through outright looting or forced sales, agents acting for the Nazis made off with tens of thousands of artworks from private Dutch-Jewish collectors and dealers, including the Gutmann Collection in Heemstede and the Jacques Goudstikker Gallery in Amsterdam.
—Nina Siegal, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The thieves make off with their riches, but the King puts a hefty bounty on their heads.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
Much later in her career, Ian’s business manager cooked her books, making off with Janis’s money and leaving her in serious debt to the IRS.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
Image Through outright looting or forced sales, agents acting for the Nazis made off with tens of thousands of artworks from private Dutch-Jewish collectors and dealers, including the Gutmann Collection in Heemstede and the Jacques Goudstikker Gallery in Amsterdam.
—Nina Siegal, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The thieves make off with their riches, but the King puts a hefty bounty on their heads.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for make off
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The Oilers got out in front early, scoring just 1:27 into the game off the stick of Adam Henrique, his second goal of the playoffs, which turned out to be all the Oilers would need.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Luckily, all the scammers got out of me was a quick bite on the end of their phishing lure.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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The birds stuck around for the secretive voting process, but appeared to clear out at 3 p.m. ET, when the cardinals expelled black smoke from the chimney to indicate that a decision on the next pope is yet to be made, per USA Today.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
8 May 2025
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Starbucks staffers cleared out of the building, which was significantly damaged.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2025
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An Army spokesman on Thursday confirmed that two inmates tried to escape late last month.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
9 May 2025
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Though their time together was fleeting, her daughter Teresa, who is going to unintentionally enter the same dangerous environment her mother once escaped, will live with the effects.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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“Make off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make%20off. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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