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takes off
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The characters are like those in a deck of wild cards designed by Salvador Dalí, but somehow the game Ionesco prepares never takes off here.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026 -
Meet the man whose calculations quietly determine how, and whether, your next flight takes off.—
Toni Odejimi,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Blasts off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blasts%20off. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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