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blow off

verb as in gripe

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Regulators, blaming Boeing’s emphasis on production over quality, imposed the production limit after a fuselage panel blew off an Alaska Airlines jet midair in early 2024.

Collier then detailed a discussion she says she had with Engelbert in February in which the commissioner allegedly blew off Collier’s concerns about officiating and players’ salaries.

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Our music correspondent Mark Savage said the performance "blew off the cobwebs and swept away the doubters" in his review of the night.

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Oasis blew off the cobwebs and swept away the doubters as they kicked off their reunion tour in Cardiff.

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“For 40 years, Iran has been saying death to America, death to Israel. They have been killing our people, blowing off their arms, blowing off their legs, with roadside bombs. That was their specialty.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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