passed off
Example Sentences
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A march by hundreds of Indigenous farmers and transport workers in La Paz passed off peacefully.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Most of the festivities passed off without incident, as crowds gathered in many areas of Paris after PSG's 1-1 draw in Munich.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
A man who operated a biolab in Reedley was convicted Tuesday of fraudulently selling $3.8 million worth of COVID-19 tests that he obtained from China and passed off to customers as being American-made.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Members of the crafting community in Cornwall have said they are seeing a rise in cheap imported goods being passed off as handmade local produce.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
Without definitive documentary evidence of particular sources we may never know if this research included tribal melodies he later passed off as his own.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
