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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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Share Court clears out until the afternoon Adam Reiss Katherine Koretski Adam Reiss and Katherine Koretski The courtroom is clearing out as the judge awaits submissions from both prosecutors and defense on whether to release Combs on bail until his sentencing.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
3 July 2025
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Conversation among the group continues for a short time, but the room clears out shortly after, leaving Stines and Mullins alone in the chambers.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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Jeremiah Estrada promptly struck out Eugenio Suarez to escape that jam, and Adrián Morejón left the bases loaded the next inning with a strikeout of Marte.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 July 2025
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When Huang was nine-years-old, his parents sent him and his older brother to the U.S. to escape widespread social unrest in Thailand.—
Matt Durot,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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“Make off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make%20off. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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