as in to cut off
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Trump is cutting off the Ukrainians, and taking some pressure off the Russians, just as the Ukrainians—with their increasingly deadly drones and artillery—may be on the cusp of turning the tide of the wider war.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025 -
The sound of gunshots rang out, after which people started running and the video abruptly cut off.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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Canada Chemistry lesson With so much time having elapsed between best-on-best events, Team Canada was drawing up its forward lines from scratch.—
Arpon Basu,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Unlike the single-state USSR largely led centrally by Moscow, the EU constitutes a supranational entity consisting of independent nations that adhere to a common set of laws drawn up and approved by participating representatives of member states.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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On a faster urban-style circuit, the weight in the back didn’t ruin braking or handling.—
James Morris,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Miami Marlins: Two championships (1997, 2003) in 32 seasons — The then-Florida Marlins won the World Series in only their fifth season and repeated six years later, but that early franchise momentum braked and spun into reverse.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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But if sunlight is shut off when the sun is high in the lunar sky, the drop is much more rapid — over a span of just 10 to 30 minutes.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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The space agency said Wednesday an instrument on Voyager 2 that measures charged particles and cosmic rays will shut off later this month.—
Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Flick (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flick%20%28off%29. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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