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set off

ADJECTIVE
mounted
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WEAK












VERB
discharge
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The same booster section from the January 2025 mission is due to set off on its 18th flight on 10 August.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

The boat, which had set off weeks before from the Ebola-stricken eastern city of Kisangani, was stopped at a river port 40 miles from the capital, home to some 17 million people.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Woods, who competes using her maiden name Sophie Amy Grant, set off on July 4 in Trieste, Italy, and finished on the Mediterranean coast of Monaco.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

To policymakers in the U.S., this likely set off alarm bells.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

Curiously, the cub watched Tall Tailless set off along the pack-trail that went up-Wet.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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