out of the way
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What I learned from this record is to let go and just be completely open — to get out of the way and feel my way through it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
You’re right that I’m describing the labor issue that falls out of the way that AI is being sold, but I think more foundationally is the material, financial basis for the AI bubble.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
I was setting my alarm for 4:30 in the morning to work out and get everything out of the way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
With arguably our toughest game in Group L out of the way and Ghana and Panama next, his eyes must be lighting up.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
He didn’t even try to get out of the way.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
A piece of Fern’s called out societal expectations that a woman “unobtrusively gather up her thimble and, retiring into some out-of-the-way place, gradually scoop out her coffin with it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
I have always enjoyed Dwyre’s take on the out-of-the-way, and occasional absurd, stories that inhabit the sports world.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2024
Setting aside some out-of-the-way spaces for ground-nesting bees allows everyone to coexist more happily.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Mary Ester was also where one of her favorite pitstops was — a quaint, out-of-the-way cafe with wonderful coffee and homemade sweets.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2024
All this time I was standing in the darkest, out-of-the-way corner I could find.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
