without incident
idiom
: without any unexpected trouble
The suspects were arrested without incident.
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Both flights ultimately continued to their destinations without incident.
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Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2025
An investigation revealed the driver had assaulted the passenger, driven recklessly and intentionally crashed their vehicle into a center divide, according to Clements.
San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies who were in the area at the time detained the man without incident.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
The defendants were detained without incident, police said.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Principals across the city reported possible ICE sightings both at drop-off and dismissal, emails show, but on at least three occasions, the vehicles in question left the premises without incident.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2025
An investigation revealed the driver had assaulted the passenger, driven recklessly and intentionally crashed their vehicle into a center divide, according to Clements.
San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies who were in the area at the time detained the man without incident.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
The defendants were detained without incident, police said.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Principals across the city reported possible ICE sightings both at drop-off and dismissal, emails show, but on at least three occasions, the vehicles in question left the premises without incident.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Without incident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20incident. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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