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go out of the way



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“Employees who anticipate, who go out of the way to meet a need,” said Casson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

“Usually, my dad doesn’t go out of the way to talk about it,” Cole recounted this week with a laugh.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

The open structure permits passengers to go from Deck 2 to Deck 8 without having to go out of the way to find an elevator.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024

As much as Jones liked to go out of the way to flash the leather, a quick YouTube search confirms he was not a bat flipper.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 11, 2020

And it seemed to the good bishop, that for the present it would be best to go out of the way of his persecutors.

From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by Robertson, James Craigie




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