taking off
Example Sentences
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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
The FAA review found that an air-traffic controller alerted Marine One about the American Airlines jet, which was taking off for Pensacola, Fla., but didn’t notify the plane’s pilots of the helicopter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
October 29: A 737 MAX 8 operated by Lion Air crashes shortly after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 189 people on board.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
When I peep over the side, there he is: Tyler Croft taking off in Boy Toy, his own personal Boston Whaler.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
