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Recent Examples of make off
In September 2024, thieves allegedly made off with Pokemon cards worth $70,000 — after asking store employees which cards were worth the most, NHK reports.
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Kc Baker, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Watson, then 16, and a friend forced their way into a Plantation home armed with a gun, fought with one of the residents and made off with a video camera and cellphone worth $575.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Two people made off with $1,200 in roasts, steaks and ribs from a Safeway supermarket in Cupertino, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 5 news release.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
The line of dialogue was famously improvised by Grant, playing a mild-mannered paleontologist driven to near insanity by Katharine Hepburn’s heiress Susan, who has made off with his clothing, thus forcing him to wear the fur-accented sleepwear.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
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Kc Baker, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Watson, then 16, and a friend forced their way into a Plantation home armed with a gun, fought with one of the residents and made off with a video camera and cellphone worth $575.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Two people made off with $1,200 in roasts, steaks and ribs from a Safeway supermarket in Cupertino, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 5 news release.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
The line of dialogue was famously improvised by Grant, playing a mild-mannered paleontologist driven to near insanity by Katharine Hepburn’s heiress Susan, who has made off with his clothing, thus forcing him to wear the fur-accented sleepwear.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
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Sitting in front of him was the angry sentry known as Devlin’s Billabong, named when Bruce Devlin needed six shots to get out of the pond in the final round of the 1975 Andy Williams Open.—
Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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The battle against the Knights got out of hand quickly as TCU started the game in the worst fashion.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Jan. 2025
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By Inauguration Day on Monday, most of the pandemic office’s staff will have cleared out their desks.—
Brian Bennett,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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The saline drops help clear out mucus, helping kids breathe easier.—
Maya Dollarhide,
Parents,
17 Jan. 2025
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At the time, the German marque was based in Gmünd, Austria, having left Stuttgart to escape the Allied troops who were on their way to defeat Hitler.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
22 Jan. 2025
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Whatever happens, Iris can’t escape her programming, which obliges her to always be truthful, but doesn’t abide by Asimov’s second rule of robotics, which dictates that such a machine must not harm a human.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Make off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make%20off. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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