take off
Example Sentences
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Morningstar sees a 43% chance of a bear case where SpaceX’s AI segment fails to take off.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
That proved to be the "recipe for carpooling to take off".
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
Tens of thousands of these birds, with their 6-foot wingspans, take off and head south for the winter, their plangent trumpeting drowning out all other sounds.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
“I say resoundingly yes — and it will take off very quickly in 2029.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
The woodland of Belorussia was so thick that there was hardly any place to use as an airfield, so the 46th Guards had to take off and land in forest clearings.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
