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
We’re not shielded from the horrors, but they almost always happen offstage, implied or alluded to in the sudden vanishing of a loved one or a mournful reference to a death.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 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
In Suntory, there was no room for the offstage brass to be anywhere but offstage.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025
Theo looked like she was ready to go and pull the both of them offstage.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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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