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Recent Examples of make off
The suspects are accused of tying up Kardashian with zip ties and duct tape before making off with jewelry, including a $4 million engagement ring given to her by Ye.
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Mekishana Pierre Published, EW.com, 13 May 2025
The suspects are accused of tying up Kardashian with zip ties and duct tape before making off with jewelry, including a $4 million engagement ring given to her by her then-husband rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, according to investigators.
—Juliette Jabkhiro, USA Today, 13 May 2025
What does come as a revelation is just how much money is to be made off trash, who makes it and the sheer variety of their means.
—Ian Volner, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The two crooks then went through the home, making off with an undisclosed amount of cash and jewelry.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 10 June 2025
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Mekishana Pierre Published, EW.com, 13 May 2025
The suspects are accused of tying up Kardashian with zip ties and duct tape before making off with jewelry, including a $4 million engagement ring given to her by her then-husband rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, according to investigators.
—Juliette Jabkhiro, USA Today, 13 May 2025
What does come as a revelation is just how much money is to be made off trash, who makes it and the sheer variety of their means.
—Ian Volner, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The two crooks then went through the home, making off with an undisclosed amount of cash and jewelry.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for make off
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So, just recently, in – in the Midwest, that work by NOAA and the weather forecasting system and the labs helped give information about how to get out of the way of a tornado two hours in advance, not 15 minutes or 13 minutes, but two hours.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 July 2025
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Fried threw one more pitch, a changeup, to get out of the inning and then showed the Yankees the blister.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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Across the West, about three dozen fires were burning uncontained and another 80 fires were being managed to clear out vegetation that has clogged the landscape, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 July 2025
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By Thursday and Friday, a cold front will move through the area, lowering temperatures and hopefully clearing out the air.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
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For more than two decades, a special team of Mexican police officers has quietly worked along the northern border to track down and deport foreign fugitives who cross into Mexico to escape criminal charges in their home countries.—
Time,
Time,
9 July 2025
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Tanya Ramsey's brother and mother were staying in a cabin 100 yards away, and Jeff Ramsey's call to them gave them enough time to escape, Jake Ramsey said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
9 July 2025
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“Make off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make%20off. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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