without incident
idiom
: without any unexpected trouble
The suspects were arrested without incident.
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Finally, in late August, the agency announced that Starliner would come back to Earth uncrewed, which happened without incident on Sept. 6.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Acting on this information, ISP detectives located David Cherry in Clarksville, Indiana, where he was arrested without incident.
—Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Venegas was placed in handcuffs and transported to the Naples County Jail without incident.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
With help from the Oakland Police Department’s helicopter, detectives took him into custody without incident.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Acting on this information, ISP detectives located David Cherry in Clarksville, Indiana, where he was arrested without incident.
—Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Venegas was placed in handcuffs and transported to the Naples County Jail without incident.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
With help from the Oakland Police Department’s helicopter, detectives took him into custody without incident.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Without incident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20incident. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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