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

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

I walked offstage and I said to myself, “You don’t have to do it anymore.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

The final scene is a reprise of the beginning, showing Springsteen coming offstage after a show and expressing to his manager that it’s good to be back.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 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