go-ahead
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But Pages dropped the ball on the transfer, allowing the go-ahead run to score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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
But the ball rolled away from him as he went to flip to first, giving Ohtani time to reach first and Tucker time to score the go-ahead run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Based on that data, the UK's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has given the go-ahead for human trials.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Mike gave us the go-ahead to resume our ascent, and Ang Dorje and I started climbing as fast as we could in order to warm ourselves.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Count Binface said he had asked police if was there "any credible threat of a disruption here", adding: "I can tell you they said unequivocally no, it was safe to go ahead."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
All book adaptations, whether from novels or memoirs, could stand to embellish the facts here and there, or go ahead and reinvent the wheel when possible.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Special teams coordinator Ryan Ficken has been impressed with Thompson’s work ethic, saying “he’s willing to go ahead and put in the work.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Private-equity firm Madison Dearborn took defense contractor Aevex public at a valuation of more than $2 billion in April after deciding not to go ahead with plans for a private sale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“It wasn’t a dog,” I said, fighting the urge to go ahead and tell her what really happened.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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
