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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.
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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
The Chinese personnel were also accused of destroying most of the ship's equipment and making off with the crew's catch.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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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
The Chinese personnel were also accused of destroying most of the ship's equipment and making off with the crew's catch.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Make off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20off. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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