offstage

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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

Tsuruko, the eldest, stays largely offstage but exerts a crucial, conservative influence on family affairs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 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

And then she swept offstage in a flourish, heading into the house to retrieve her clothes.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs