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• Bystanders tried to break up the fight, pushing the men away and giving Zulu the chance to get off the ground.
  — Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 22 Sep. 2022
• On a stormy day like today, a helicopter wouldn’t even be able to get off the ground.
  — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2023
• Local efforts have also been slow to get off the ground.
  — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
• These last two will not reach a large fraction of Americans and may not even get off the ground at all.
  — Ryan Cooper, The Week, 29 Nov. 2021
• That’s helpful, because onstage, Turnstile knows how to get off the ground.
  — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
• With a friend’s help, Alberto secured the rights to adapt the novel and, some years later, reached out to Miranda to help the project get off the ground.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022
• The #MarsHelicopter's ambitious fourth flight didn't get off the ground, but the team is assessing the data and will aim to try again soon.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2021
• And while that might sound far in the future, a mission would need to get off the ground relatively soon in order to traverse the vast distance to Uranus.
  — Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2023
• Some tasks can be ongoing and require daily maintenance, while others might take two to three weeks to get off the ground.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 June 2022
• Pieces of the Wright Flyer Before space exploration could be possible, humans first had to figure out how to get off the ground.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
• Unfortunately, these restoration plans can take years to get off the ground let alone complete.
  — Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2022
• Robinson noted the technology only takes roughly three months to get off the ground.
  — Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2022
• Despite major investment, some of Amazon’s most ambitious projects have failed to get off the ground.
  — Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
• Schmith even handpicked Woodall to participate in a traveling culinary team that helped a new restaurant get off the ground in Columbus.
  — Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 8 Mar. 2022
• The contract marks a major step forward for Newsom and his quest to deliver on his promises to lower prescription drug costs, which have been slow to get off the ground.
  — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2023
• In order to get off the ground and then remain airborne, a plane needs an upward-pushing force that is equal in magnitude to the gravitational force.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2022
• An Alaska-like ballot initiative in Massachusetts failed in 2020 and a similar effort didn’t get off the ground in Missouri.
  — Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Oct. 2022
• Being real about mistakes is tough, but the spirit of the event won’t really get off the ground if everyone’s trying to gloss over their experiences, Montague says.
  — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 26 Oct. 2022
• Both groups also think that federal rental assistance, slow to get off the ground earlier this year, is now helping prevent many new eviction filings.
  — Will Parker, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2021
• But without private investment, de-extinction might never get off the ground, argues Lamm.
  — Matt Reynolds, Wired, 9 Feb. 2022
• As these new campaigns get off the ground, another study on a potential air pollution solution in Atlanta is nearing the finish line.
  — Drew Kann, ajc, 17 Feb. 2023
• One of the reasons the administration’s emergency rental assistance program was slow to get off the ground was because of slow uptake by state and local governments.
  — Rachel Siegel, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2023
• City leaders heralded the carts’ revival at a ribbon-cutting celebrating the public-private partnership that the city spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to help get off the ground.
  — oregonlive, 19 June 2022
• Paretta pursued other options for May, but nothing either fell into place or made proper sense for the program that received ample help and resources from Team Penske to initially get off the ground two years ago.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2023
• But even if agrivoltaics doesn’t get off the ground, shifting to renewable energy and minimizing the impact of climate change will be the best solution to global food insecurity.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2022
• In addition to the pending statewide referendum, the General Assembly still needs to agree on a regulatory framework, rules need to be put in place, licenses need to be awarded, and businesses need time to get off the ground.
  — Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2022
• Some of those ideas include social signaling, waving to attract a mate, serving as an anchor to get off the ground, holding down prey, stabbing enemies, and even pushing over a sleeping Triceratops at night, according to Padian.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2022
• But environmental activists have also pointed out the technology has struggled to get off the ground and allows emission-heavy industries to avoid taking drastic steps to cut greenhouse gases.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2022
• No digital project will get off the ground without careful internal coordination.
  — Robert Fenton, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
• Green ammonia is drawing investor interest too, as pilot plants like Yara's get off the ground and the economics improve around cost-effectively turning the substance into green fertilizers and fuels.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024