goes off

Example Sentences

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“It plays when Alice goes off to college and then for the end credits. It gave me chills when I saw it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

So, how can athletes return to elite-level sport after having an ICD fitted, what are the risks, and what happens when the device goes off?

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Strauss regularly goes off the rails in his exaggerations, but with Dudamel there are no railing critics or anything thing else, not that he doesn’t have cause.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

"Our supply goes off all the time," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

From the time it starts to the time it goes off, I am sucked into the pageantry of it all.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles