How to Use on the loose in a Sentence
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Pratt jumped on the loose football and took off for the end zone.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 26 Dec. 2022
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Hanas makes a move down the left wing, gets the puck knocked away, but Klassen jumps on the loose puck in the slot.
—Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2021
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The bull was first reported on the loose around 10:30 a.m.
—ABC News, 14 Dec. 2023
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The suspect then fled the subway and remains on the loose.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 29 Feb. 2024
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The bear reportedly fled the area and is still on the loose.
—Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
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That's because a brisket thief appears to be on the loose.
—Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2024
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Four gunshot victims lay dead in the garage, and the shooter was on the loose.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
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By then, May had already been on the loose for 3 1/2 years, and the trail to catch him had long since gone cold.
—Michael Rubinkam, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2023
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Ruffin joined the fight and was shot dead by the puncher, who remains on the loose.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
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Turns out, a killer dressed in a downright creepy duck costume is on the loose.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2023
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Since Jigsaw has been dead for years, there's a copycat on the loose.
—Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 15 Mar. 2023
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The two suspects remain on the loose as of Wednesday evening.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2023
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Three Texas longhorns are on the loose in Fairfield Township.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 May 2023
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Then in 2017, a bull on the loose in Brooklyn's Prospect Park led police on a chase for hours.
—Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
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Among the first 911 calls of a gunman on the loose on Tuesday came not from the school but from a house nearby.
—New York Times, 29 May 2022
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Diego Luna pounced on the loose ball and made one pass in behind Fontas for Gomez.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2024
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An eagle owl that escaped the Central Park Zoo is still on the loose.
—CBS News, 14 Feb. 2023
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Now the calendar has turned to October, and Haynes, 30, is still on the loose.
—Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
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Harrison and Grayson were still on the loose Thursday night.
—CBS News, 27 Apr. 2023
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So far, three of the zebras have been recaptured, but one remains on the loose.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2024
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America is now in the grips of a jaws craze not seen since the summer of 1975 when a killer shark was on the loose off the shores of New England.
—Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2023
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Linebacker Blayne Myrick, a redshirt freshman, hopped on the loose ball.
—Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 12 Aug. 2023
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David Montgomery fumbled in the open field after a catch in the third quarter, and Parsons fell on the loose ball.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2022
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Initial reports were incomplete but at the time it was known that the shooter was on the loose.
—Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023
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Gangs are on the loose, guns are everywhere – heavy weaponry.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
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There’s a band of sweets swindlers on the loose, and the man behind the Dum Dums digital empire is out to find these suckers.
—Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2022
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The subject was Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl, and his year on the loose in Manhattan.
—Ed Shanahan, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
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Smith said the victim's family and friends had been notified that Haynes is on the loose.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2023
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Police released images of Bagley, who remains on the loose, in the hope that the public can help locate him.
—Fox News, 8 May 2022
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Residents in Granite Falls, Wash. can rest easy knowing the alligator on the loose was just a large pet lizard.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 22 July 2024
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