as in departed
to leave a place often for another
time to shove off for home
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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Syed Asim Munir have departed Islamabad and are on their way to Switzerland where diplomatic discussions between the US and Iran are unfolding, a statement from the prime minister’s office said Sunday.
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The robot is being tested aboard the Song Hang research vessel, which departed on June 8 from Changxing Island near Shanghai.
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The company exited bankruptcy on April 1, 2024.
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Talk to business owners who have already exited.
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Peter Zenk Residents in Waite Park were picking up handfuls of hail after storms moved through the Stearns County community.
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Guests were moved to nearby hotels.
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So who got a some fries with their shake?
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This is the same team that got all of the hostages out of the tunnels of Gaza that nobody said could be done.
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Skubal got off to a rough start with three straight balls and Goldschmidt took advantage, hitting a 3-1 high fastball over the left-field wall.
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His effort to offer enrichment and catch-up work during intercessions got off to a slow start but has become a recurring instructional program.
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Room had a big game with more than a dozen saves; his wife, his wife pulled out the list of haters and went on the attack.
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The world’s second-largest consumer of crude oil, China, has pulled out all the stops to preserve supplies as the war in Iran has cut off access to more than 11 million barrels of oil per day.
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The group’s feed of an NBA play-in game Tuesday night cut out with less than a minute left in overtime, a high-profile misstep for a company that had successfully changed the narrative on the reliability of sports streaming over the past few years, particularly with its NFL partnership.
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Fire the bankers and cut out the Wall Street middlemen sucking value.
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Talks on Iran’s nuclear ambitions would be pushed off into the future.
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Delegates pushed off a final say on a policy that would ban enforcement activity on county property and the sharing of personal information, while establishing a basis on how county employees cooperate with authorities.
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“Shoved (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoved%20%28off%29. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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