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

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

Presley and Parker grew distant, as Presley insulated himself with sycophants and his behavior both on and offstage grew increasingly erratic.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025

They ran offstage together the moment the spotlights went off.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon