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get out of the way



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“It’s important to get out of the way of the business. Stop being the owner. Get out of their hair and find something else to do,” said Ransom, who volunteers with the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

"To us it felt a little off - the fact that we were on the one strip reserved for walking, and we were having to get out of the way," says Roberts.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

“Unconscious bias,” he believes, will never get out of the way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

Such emergency closures came with little or no warning, ProPublica found, forcing pilots to suddenly upend their flight plans and change course in heavily trafficked airspace to get out of the way of falling debris.

From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026

He edged back on his bunk to get out of the way.

From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck




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