taking off
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The “10 Things I Hate About You” star was raised in Manhattan and began performing at a young age before enrolling at Columbia University—even as her Hollywood career was taking off.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Hands Upon the Wheel” imagines stealing her daddy’s car and taking off down the road—but this is not Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
This was when the city's independent bookshops were taking off.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“Every time we started taking off, we’d hit another roadblock,” BG says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
He was taking off my shawl in the hall, and shaking the water out of my loosened hair, when Mrs. Fairfax emerged from her room.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
