take off

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A flight attendant came around with Champagne and water before take off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Within the U.S., the savory yogurt craze has been slow to take off.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

The Artemis 2 mission was originally due to take off as early as February, but repeated setbacks stalled that goal and even necessitated rolling the rocket back to its hangar for analysis and repairs.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

A Colombian military plane carrying 125 troops and crew crashed on take off Monday, with as many as 80 people aboard feared dead.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

And when Mamá would get upset because we weren’t helping, we’d whine and then scrub out a pan or two before we’d take off again.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall