specialists were able to deactivate the bomb before it went off
the wedding went off without so much as a single glitch
Recent Examples on the WebThat said viewers follow format and imagine watching Law and Order and one of the detectives goes off and starts their own detective agency.—Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024 The girl went off by herself in search of customers.—Andy Newman, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024 Jordan then went off on Mattina — a tree falling down provided the period at the end of her speech.—Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024 The premiere, which went off without incident, came after several nervy days as festival leadership worked in concert with local authorities to determine how to successfully mount Tuesday’s screening and ensure the safety of the filmmakers and audience members.—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Mar. 2024 There was only one gloomy man sitting there; the others had gone off to exercise their power.—Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024 In August 2022, Amplify pleaded guilty in federal court to a single charge of negligently dumping oil, a result of the company’s poor response between the first leak-detection alarms that went off in the 2021 spill and notifying authorities 14 hours later.—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2024 Below are some tips for helping your trip go off without a hitch.—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2024 Most attendees to Saturday’s convention who spoke with USA TODAY were hopeful the drama is in the past, and most of the caucuses went off without a hitch.—USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2024
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