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
Ob and I agreed to meet Cletus at his house on Saturday, so Ob could meet Cletus’s parents and get the go-ahead for Cletus to come with us to Putnam County next week.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
“Most of the time they go ahead and order a new primary, but there’s no time.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The government confirmed local elections in May 2027 would go ahead on existing council boundaries.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Elon Musk wants to go ahead and make his own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"It is unlikely anybody else will be found, so we have decided to go ahead with the rituals for the entire family," said Sunil.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
After all, I was the youngest of our group, and it was only right that those who were older should go ahead of me.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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
