off-course

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While collecting sediment cores from the Cascadia subduction zone off Oregon and northern California, the team accidentally drifted off course.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2026

It also warned the war threatened to throw the world economy "off course" and a prolonged conflict risked a global recession.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

But when they finally arrive at Titan, the real plot takes over: The ship goes off course and there’s an explosion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Barron’s Roundtable: No matter how much and how well we save, invest, and prepare, we’re often thrown off course when the rules of the game abruptly change.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The passenger jet had left Seoul earlier that day, bound for Anchorage, Alaska, and had deviated off course into Soviet airspace.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau