without incident
idiom
: without any unexpected trouble
The suspects were arrested without incident.
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Both planes aborted their approaches, circled the airport and then landed without incident, in a recording archived on LiveATC.net.
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Joel Rose, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
Police said a suspect was taken into custody without incident.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Jan. 2025
Cops took the cousin, believed to be in his mid-20s, into custody without incident.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
He was located at an apartment and taken into custody without incident, Mesa police said.
—Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Joel Rose, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
Police said a suspect was taken into custody without incident.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Jan. 2025
Cops took the cousin, believed to be in his mid-20s, into custody without incident.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
He was located at an apartment and taken into custody without incident, Mesa police said.
—Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Without incident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20incident. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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