offstage
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The first lady sat next to the president when the shooting occurred and ducked under a table before she was ushered by security offstage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Instead of taking the mic as planned, Trump would be whisked offstage by U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Then, he satirizes conservatives’ discomfort with his Blackness by sitting silently as Martin Short, playing a nervous young Republican delivering a hackneyed diatribe, shudders in his presence before scampering offstage to fall apart.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026
Comedians will also tell you this, there are just certain spots where you walk offstage and go, people should film specials here.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
And offstage left, this sophomore girl named Laura sits on top of a stack of chairs, crying into her sleeve, and I guess Mila Odom is comforting her.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
Vocabulary lists containing offstage
Reading: Literature - Drama - Introductory
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Theater - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Drama - Middle School
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