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An anonymous trader made off with more than $400,000 on Polymarket, another such website, after betting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro would be toppled from office by the end of January, mere hours before Maduro was arrested.
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
The marine heat wave may have widespread impacts on the weather in the West, making off-the-chart heatwaves like March’s more likely and intense, supercharging rainfall and even allowing tropical systems to come northward into California.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Clearly, errors are happening in the name of picking up the pace — passes that players are making off of one foot instead of the Raptors being strong and sure with the ball.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
But keep in mind that nobody except Adebayo was made off limits to Milwaukee during their pre-trade deadline discussions.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
The marine heat wave may have widespread impacts on the weather in the West, making off-the-chart heatwaves like March’s more likely and intense, supercharging rainfall and even allowing tropical systems to come northward into California.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Clearly, errors are happening in the name of picking up the pace — passes that players are making off of one foot instead of the Raptors being strong and sure with the ball.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
But keep in mind that nobody except Adebayo was made off limits to Milwaukee during their pre-trade deadline discussions.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Make off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20off. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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