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How to use the word taking-off in a Sentence?

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My understanding is it wasn't moved in an effort to try and prevent anyone from getting help, it was more of a situation of, 'You guys are going to stay here. You guys are gonna stay here until the cops come, you're going to have to explain the situation.’ So they didn't want the other boys taking off because they really felt they were in the right.

Ethan Liming

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Listen, the reason Mehmet Oz keeps talking about President Trump's endorsement is because Mehmet Oz can't run on Mehmet Oz own positions and Mehmet Oz own records, and what's true is Mehmet Oz has flip-flopped on every major issue that we're talking about in this campaign, the problem, Doctor, is there's no miracle cure for flip-flopping, and Pennsylvanians are seeing right through your phoniness and that's what you're dealing with. And that's why you're not taking off in the polls.

David McCormick

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The problem is, how do you get them to Ukraine without it raising the involvement of NATO? it's one thing to send in a truck with weapons in it. It crosses the border and then it's in Ukraine… Once that plane takes off from Poland. Well, it's an air raid on Russian forces taking off from Poland.

Brad Sherman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Before this thing came out, we were about 10 feet away from the finish line, taking off the masks now is not a good idea. It's just going to extend it. Let's get to the finish line.

Deborah Fuller

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Planes taking off from Kabul are not flying directly to the United States, they’re landing at U.S. military bases and transit centers around the world. At these sites where they are landing, we are conducting thorough scrutiny — security screenings for everyone who is not a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident.

President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I can see being out there with the neighbors and someone freaking out and me taking off the bee suit and being like,' Here put this on,' it might turn out to be a great investment.

Michelle Matlack

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Gyms are a higher risk place because of the fact generally people are taking off their masks, breathing at a higher rate and more deeply, and especially in classes where theres coaching going on, that tends to be a louder tone to speak over music.

Elizabeth Richardson

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

It's definitely taking off at a rate... that has not been seen before.

Dewey Warner

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We're getting to the stage now where women's football is taking off. Our crowds are getting bigger, we've got sponsors now.

Phil Neville

Found on CNN
5 years ago

When I started to ski to her, she ended up taking off. Through the whole thing, she didn't say a single word.

Craig Ramon

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The worst case scenario is that political instability remains, mistrust grows ... and then there's nothing to stop the epidemic getting embedded into a big urban centre and taking off as it did in West Africa.

Jeremy Farrar

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Clients are driving like eight hours and taking off of work in order to appear at these hearings, only to find out that it's not the actual correct hearing date. The impact is their jobs, it's their life, and also just the anxiety.

Laura Lynch

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It sounds like 10 or 20 jets taking off from your backyard at the same time, it's been like hell.

Resident Ikaika Marzo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I was completely caught off guard. Seagal was more than twice my size and twice my age. I was not sexually active nor had I ever been naked in front of a man before. I froze… I remember him taking off his robe and the next thing I knew he was inside of me.

Faviola Dadis

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

He closed the door and approached me from behind he started kissing my neck and taking off my clothes. I was in shock, i was completely caught off guard. Seagal was more than twice my size and twice my age. I was not sexually active nor had I ever been naked in front of a man before. I froze… I remember him taking off his robe and the next thing I knew he was inside of me.

Regina Simons

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I feel awful, I had to be talked out of going into work today,and taking off a few days to get myself together.

Wendy Williams

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Global automakers have largely focused on more expensive segments instead of the no-frills market that local Chinese brands have targeted, now, the lower-cost market is taking off and some global makers are finding their more premium products poorly positioned for this growth shift. And the worse news is that their product pipelines for the no-frills market is, with only a few exceptions, empty.

James Chao

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Taking off my HUD hat for a second and speaking individually.

Julian Castro

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Right now, it looks to be like a healthy pullback and a little profit-taking off the strength on Friday.

Andre Bakhos

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You have a little pullback this morning and I don't see it as anything more than that, unless something material, i.e. The Fed goes back on their word, come Wednesday, right now, it looks to be like a healthy pullback and a little profit-taking off the strength on Friday.

Andre Bakhos

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When I first started giving talks to schools or to doctors or to parents about mindfulness for teens, most people in the audience had never heard the word and now when I give talks, almost everyone has been hearing about it and quite a few people have actually experienced it for themselves, so it's just been phenomenal, it's taking off at schools around the country, public and private, low income, high income, middle income. Across the board, it's growing.

Dzung Vo

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It's taking off at schools around the country, public and private, low income, high income, middle income. Across the board, it's growing, a large part of being a human being is having social, emotional and attention skills and in the majority of schools I visit, we don't actually teach kids how to pay attention or how to deal with their inner states in a healthy way. We just assume that they'll learn them somewhere else.

Patrick Cook-Deegan

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We do see huge opportunities for the development of the O2O market. In mainland China now we are just at the initial stage, taking off.

Chief Executive Min Chen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Tyson's career was just on fire. Literally everyone in the world was obsessed with watching (him) fight, he just became the dominant force in boxing. That was quite a big impact and maybe one of the biggest factors in my career taking-off.

Michael Buffer

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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