come off

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Recent Examples of come off All the while, though, the glow was coming off the atom. Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 The Greek Freak is coming off a stellar performance on Saturday against the Miami Heat. John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025 The Texas Rangers just won five straight games and are coming off a series sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays. Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2025 But obesity experts have told The Associated Press that as many as 1 in 5 people may not lose the amount of weight that others have seen come off. Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for come off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for come off
Verb
  • What’s happening is a homogeny of deal-making and how deals are done because of the streamers.
    Lauren Coates, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The incident with Lauren had understandably raised questions on whether Weezer’s set would still happen.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But El Salvador’s crackdown on gang violence succeeded in large part because the country’s police had spent years carefully amassing legal evidence.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The endeavor succeeded and eventually became known as Shift4.
    Wendy Whitman Cobb, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • There is a broken down vehicle on I-40/US-71 from I-435 to Bannister Road.
    Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
  • At this time, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it has yet to be determined.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, the Knicks went 0-10 against the league’s top three teams (the Celtics, Cavaliers and Thunder).
    James L. Edwards III, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • This season’s problem have been down to injuries and fatigue, a result of going deep in three or four competitions for the last eight years and exacerbated by an ageing squad.
    Sam Lee, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In closed session a month before a personnel vote, board members go over personnel issues with CPS’ legal staff — what has been recommended and how the employee got to this point in the termination process.
    Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Multiple fighters went over to acknowledge Trump after their events had ended.
    Brett Samuels, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Though his appearance is brief and his death occurs offscreen, Eugene's story adds emotional weight to Joel's arc and introduces tension within the community.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Massive basement and sub-basement flooding occurred when crews punctured a century-old freight tunnel located underneath the Chicago River.
    Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Like most comedies, North of North takes a few episodes to click into its fullest potential.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The trigger and bumper on the right Joy-Con 2 felt like clicking the left and right mouse buttons, and the controller slid smoothly.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Convention says Sunday might come down to who does what on the par-3s and -4s.
    Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Egg prices at the grocery store have come down from their highs earlier this year.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025

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“Come off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20off. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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