Examples of make off in a Sentence
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In February, hackers broke into a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group Inc., which delayed billions of dollars of payments to doctors and hospitals and saw hackers make off with data on as many as one in three Americans.
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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Europe, 5 June 2024
The victims were six tourists from Minnesota who were restrained with zip ties while the robbers made off with their cash, phones and other items, a couple on the floor below the apartment unit told FOX 11.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
On Friday, May 24, the bear broke into a home on Canyon Crest Drive and made off with a bag of Oreo cookies.
—Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
The $32 million the island made off those sales constitutes 20% of its total revenue.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2014
Before state wardens responded to the scene, a person made off with the bear’s paws.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 21 May 2024
If ExxonMobil succeeds in silencing voices and upending the rules of shareholder democracy, what other subjects will the leaders of any company make off limits?
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
In 1993, robbers broke into the museum through the roof and made off with a quarter of a million dollars’ worth of Roman coins and jewelry.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
In some cases, the token never materializes and the scammers make off with the funds.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2024
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Europe, 5 June 2024
The victims were six tourists from Minnesota who were restrained with zip ties while the robbers made off with their cash, phones and other items, a couple on the floor below the apartment unit told FOX 11.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
On Friday, May 24, the bear broke into a home on Canyon Crest Drive and made off with a bag of Oreo cookies.
—Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
The $32 million the island made off those sales constitutes 20% of its total revenue.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2014
Before state wardens responded to the scene, a person made off with the bear’s paws.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 21 May 2024
If ExxonMobil succeeds in silencing voices and upending the rules of shareholder democracy, what other subjects will the leaders of any company make off limits?
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
In 1993, robbers broke into the museum through the roof and made off with a quarter of a million dollars’ worth of Roman coins and jewelry.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
In some cases, the token never materializes and the scammers make off with the funds.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2024
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“Make off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20off. Accessed 9 Jun. 2024.
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