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as in to explode
to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure
specialists were able to deactivate the bomb before it went off
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as in to progress
to move forward along a course
the wedding went off without so much as a single glitch
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as in to depart
to leave a place often for another
don't go off without telling us where we can find you
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Recent Examples of go off
The vehicle dropped some 40 feet after going off the top of the garage onto the second floor roof of the conference center.
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Thomas B. Langhorne, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2024
The wisps were always going off to the right or the left, depending on the style.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Directors can usually block the scene and then go off to do other things.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2024
The timer goes off, and your potatoes are ready to mash.
—Mary Claire Britton, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
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Thomas B. Langhorne, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2024
The wisps were always going off to the right or the left, depending on the style.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Directors can usually block the scene and then go off to do other things.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2024
The timer goes off, and your potatoes are ready to mash.
—Mary Claire Britton, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
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Growth in private credit assets has exploded over the past few years, and BlackRock sees this trend continuing through the rest of the decade, with traditional private credit AUM more than doubling.Jeff Marks, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
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Less than a month after it was installed, a gas line connected to the red and green lights exploded, badly burning the traffic warden operating the signal.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
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To the other characters, time seems to be progressing normally, but each time the clock strikes midnight, the day spins backwards and wipes the slate—and their memories—clean.Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Those fires have stopped progressing, according to the California Wildfire Tracking account on X, formerly Twitter.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Quintana was elected to the District 2 seat on Nov. 5 and took over departing board member Ofelia Zapata's seat during the Nov. 21 meeting.Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Dec. 2024
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In fact, employees departing under negative circumstances may pose a higher risk.Andrew Sever, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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On Wednesday, a suicide bomber disguised himself as a visitor to the Ministry of Refugees compound, detonating his bomb as Haqqani was signing paperwork, a ministry spokesperson told CNN.Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania were able to persuade a simulated self-driving car to ignore stop signs and even drive off a bridge, get a wheeled robot to find the best place to detonate a bomb, and force a four-legged robot to spy on people and enter restricted areas.Will Knight, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
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Artificial intelligence models do much more than generate (occasionally accurate) text responses and (somewhat) realistic videos.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2024
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Most people never do this exercise because seeing the gap between their current reality and their dreams feels painful.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Line judge Carl Johnson exited the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers matchup after being hit by a Packers player in the third quarter on Thursday Night Football.Valentina Martinez, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Police in hot pursuit exited their vehicles with their weapons drawn and ordered Ferguson and his girlfriend to get out of the vehicle with their hands up.Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
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Characters are combatting ghosts of all shapes and sizes, which keep popping up in the most unexpected places.Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Ulta and Lululemon popped after the companies reported earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations on the top and bottom lines.Michele Luhn, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
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In a ruling in October, Judge Tanya Walton Pratt allowed Kennard and Bowling to proceed to trial and pursue punitive damages.Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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The prosecution will decide whether to proceed based on factors such as the severity of the issues in the original trial and the chances of a clear outcome in a new trial.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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