Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for took off (on)
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In Portland during the month of March, Bridges complained openly to the media about his high minute totals while pointing to the bench as a competent alternative to running the starters ragged.—
Tom Rende,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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This was recognisably a football set-up — Nike’s previous big football ad, 2000’s The Mission, had aped a spy thriller — but made to look edgy, frayed, clandestine.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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But none aped the style of an actual Super Bowl ad more cleverly than this one, clearly modeled after Budweiser’s ads that tend to feature horses and inspirational voiceovers.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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In an accompanying cartoon, Spark is caricatured as a sulking giant, tottering above the Tuscan countryside in a pair of high heels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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This idea of reasonableness is easily caricatured as moral timidity or a bloodless neutrality that drains politics of passion.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The group figured out how to make roadside bombs that mimicked Israeli devices and were extremely hard to detect.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
10 June 2026
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Meanwhile, Pascal wore a formal black hat and a wedding bandana collar that mimicked a tuxedo with a black bow tie.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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Basim Sheikh Suliman, the vice president of the Israel Football Association, parroted Infantino with a vague response about football’s ability to unite the world.—
Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
7 June 2026
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But Brandt’s justification for why the game should be played in Denver — which was parroted by Broncos fans — wasn’t rooted in reality.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2026
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The westward-looking Façade of the Passion is stark, its figures tormented, their bodies strained in angular poses.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 June 2026
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Inside are museum spaces that tell the story of Obama’s Presidency, grounded in the country’s tormented racial history.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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During the demonstrations, some protesters allegedly harassed immigrant healthcare workers who were on their way to and from their work, according to police.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
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Volunteers can scan it and report anything from operational issues to a visitor being harassed to a new for more police officers.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
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His use of jocular names for detention centers has been imitated by other Republican governors creating state facilities to be used by ICE.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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Even business models can be imitated.—
Esade Business & Law School,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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“Took off (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/took%20off%20%28on%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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