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as in to get (away)
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While expectations are growing of peace talks, the new Trump administration has not publicly outlined a road map to securing peace in Eastern Europe and navigating the conflicting demands set out by Kyiv and Moscow, nor how the rest of NATO will slot in.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025 -
Following her Grammys performance, Charli will set out on an arena tour in select North American cities before headlining Primavera Sound 2025 in Barcelona this summer.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
3 Feb. 2025
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That's a large sum of money that someone could use to get out the country.—
Anne-Marie Green,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2025
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Some of the prisoners apparently were hoping to get out in time to drop by the inaugural balls.—
Antonia Hitchens,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
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Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images Some of the texts had been detected by spam filters across the messaging ecosystem, setting off alarm bells.—
Jenna McLaughlin,
NPR,
2 Feb. 2025
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The convoy of OCTAs set off to climb those mountains, trading pebbled roads for harder tracks in places, and some cement surfaces where runoff was an obvious issue.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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However, temperatures will rise above freezing as the weather systems continue to move through and the inversion clears out, turning the snow to rain on Saturday night.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Jan. 2025
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The new Administration is already clearing out the civil servants who were seen as impediments to Trump’s first-term agenda.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025
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He’s also put out a handful of his own projects since 2003.—
Shaheem Reid,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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Gascón has however been continuing to put out statements and do press as damage control — reportedly, beyond the purview of Netflix and her PR team.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
5 Feb. 2025
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Amanda’s scam really took off due to her blog about fighting cancer, which is now defunct, although fans have dug up posts from the internet archive.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
30 Jan. 2025
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The first departure was just after 11 a.m., with several Southwest Airlines flights taking off.—
John Feng,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Peter Rodriguez, 45, made off with $1,616 in cash from the Santander Bank branch on Prospect Park West near Windsor Place, in Windsor Terrace, around 9:55 a.m., said police.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Several times, the ring made off with multiple cars at once.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
22 Jan. 2025
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The foreign aid agency, the world's largest of its kind, has for decades provided assistance to countries whose residents are recovering from disaster or who are trying to escape poverty.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
3 Feb. 2025
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Dozens of New Snowbird Options to Florida Allegiant Air, Breeze Airways, and Southwest are adding dozens of new routes to the Sunshine State just in time for northerners to escape the next six weeks of winter.—
Edward Russell,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Feb. 2025
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