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
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
Cooper wanted to capture what goes on offstage as well as on, and a significant part of that happened around a particular table at the Olive Tree Cafe, which sits above the underground comedy club.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025
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
Patience and Natalie’s mom and Churro and all the other kids who’d spoken that day were just offstage waiting to congratulate her.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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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