go-ahead
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Both projects had already been given the go-ahead under the previous Conservative government but were successfully challenged in the Scottish courts on environmental grounds.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
On Friday, W. Mark Ward, a judge appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court to review her case, gave the go-ahead for the execution, ruling that the state’s execution process would not violate Pike’s constitutional rights.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
If it gets the go-ahead, Jackdaw would be ready in "perfect time for the winter season when you need more gas," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
New Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola gave the move the go-ahead last week and spoke to Araujo via phone, before the Uruguay international travelled to England.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
I assured her, and raised my scalpel, waiting for Mr. Mams to give us the go-ahead.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
“Most of the time they go ahead and order a new primary, but there’s no time.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
She added that the proposals would "change our lives forever" if it were to go ahead.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
They include claims that tours did not go ahead or were cancelled at short notice, and that customers were waiting for refunds.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Elon Musk wants to go ahead and make his own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Oh, she says she has a late meeting and to go ahead and eat without her.”
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
If they can secure the zoning approval and the go-aheads from the community advisory board and gaming commission, they will then have to pay at least a $500 million license fee to the state.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2022
After my recent column on different synonyms for flip-flops — zories, go-aheads, thongs, etc. — readers wrote in to share terms they learned growing up.
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2021
But church officials say their own plan is “shovel ready,” awaiting formal go-aheads from city and state financing agencies.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2010
