go off

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As AI models get more powerful, there’s growing risk they will go off the rails or get misused by bad actors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

“Our family is going to go off on a new adventure, which means we are selling our Hamptons home,” she wrote in the accompanying caption.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

An official in Italy, one of nine EU countries to write a joint letter to the European Commission urging action, has called the Arctic Metagaz an "environmental bomb" waiting to go off.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

“People come together to read out loud and talk about it. Or you can go off and have your own independent time,” says Kai.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

We might not be able to go off to a river island together, but the creek was the next-best thing.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo