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away

[uh-wey] / əˈweɪ /




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Banks, fearing it would lure away customer deposits, were fighting furiously to ban the practice.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

What does he hope young people who might catch the show will take away from it?

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

Refineries in the West have been running near capacity and shifting to diesel production, away from other refined products such as gasoline and jet fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

France is just seven months away from the first round of its presidential election, making Pope Leo's visit unusual as pontiffs rarely travel to a country so close to a major vote.

From Barron's

The new Phineas could walk, drive a team of horses, and sail away to Chile, but he had lost a vital skill—he no longer knew how to be social.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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