as in to depart
to leave a place often for another
he eagerly sallied forth from his small town to seek a new life in the bustling city
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sally (forth)
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The team departed from Alexandria to the airport soon after what became its final match of the tournament.—
Lee Igel,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025 -
According to flight tracker Flightradar24, the plane departed at 2:36 p.m. and returned to the ground at 3:22 p.m.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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These hiking physical human augmentation wearables are exiting the Trough of Disillusionment, led by three factors that work in their favor: low price, influencer content, and public demonstrations.—
Borislav "Bobby" Marinov,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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People must exit the terminal by 10 p.m., unless meeting a late-arriving plane.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2025
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That he was moved by Gi-hun and now wants to give her closure and the money her father fairly won?—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 July 2025
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But everything depends on next weekend’s figures after the arrival of the first major box office threat, and the bigger the box office impact, the faster Jurassic World’s plans for a billion dollar summer may go extinct.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Montgomery went 3-for-5 with the first-inning RBI triple and singles in the fourth and seventh innings in his second major-league game.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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So much for my hope that Jess would get a promotion!—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
8 July 2025
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Maybe there's a path for Turner to get there eventually.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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Sometimes the songs that end up going off live are deeper cuts on the album, but in this case, those two songs are going to translate really well for the live show.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
14 July 2025
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After a review of the replay, the call stood, and Schneider went off.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tariffs, declining real wages, slowing growth: Japan’s central bank has its work cut out The Bank of Japan faces a stiff challenge: normalizing its monetary policy as growth slows amid steep U.S. tariffs, while real wages decline because of inflation.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
8 July 2025
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The footage cuts out at exactly 11:59:00 and picks back up at 12:00:00.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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Saw it in a sports bar and one of the Alabama fans just put his hands on his head surrender-cobra style, and with his mouth hanging open, walked out of the bar without making a sound and never came back.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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The clip shows a man walking out of an apartment building in the Ukrainian capital in broad daylight.—
Victoria Butenko,
CNN Money,
10 July 2025
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“Sally (forth).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sally%20%28forth%29. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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