out of the way
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"Some parents think 'I need to be a snowplough parent and plough all of these obstacles out of the way'."
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Successful Emmy hosts also understand that the mission is to get out of the way, not make the night about themselves.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
After the pleasantries and the pretending are out of the way, we get down to details.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Even in the parts of it that are a loss, the judge went out of the way to write it in a way that is guidance,” he said of Copeland’s decision.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
He nods his head, then chuckles and steps out of the way.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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
Most of Sheridan’s hit streak is built around the strivings of rough men willing to do whatever it takes to rule out-of-the-way corners of the country.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025
Many who were imprisoned there, and at similar camps scattered in out-of-the-way corners of the country, spent the rest of their lives trying to erase the memory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 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
He sells and repairs small farm equipment and uses the helicopter to get to out-of-the-way places.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
