without incident
idiom
: without any unexpected trouble
The suspects were arrested without incident.
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Smith was taken into custody without incident and later moved to Maricopa County jail.
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Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
Flight 1648 landed in Denver at 1:38 p.m. and taxied to the gate without incident, according to FlightAware and airline officials.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
Two precincts shut down voting for 30 minutes while law enforcement investigated, but most polling places carried on without incident.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Officers arrived and took the suspect into custody without incident.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
Flight 1648 landed in Denver at 1:38 p.m. and taxied to the gate without incident, according to FlightAware and airline officials.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
Two precincts shut down voting for 30 minutes while law enforcement investigated, but most polling places carried on without incident.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Officers arrived and took the suspect into custody without incident.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Without incident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20incident. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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