Examples of call off in a Sentence
she was about to tell me the big news when her attention was called off by the arrival of another guest
called off the party after half of those invited couldn't make it
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But after a federal judge blocked the merger over concerns that the combination of the two budget airlines would be anti-competitive, Spirit and JetBlue called off their $3.8 billion deal this past March.
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Quartz Staff, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
Your generosity should have been acknowledged, and when the wedding was called off, your money should have been returned rather than applied to a mother/daughter vacation.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
Now, some of those same museums, once eager to be associated with Wiley, are calling off his shows.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
Texas lawmakers were expected to hear testimony at the state Capitol on Monday from Robert Roberson, a death row inmate whose execution was temporarily called off last week.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
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Quartz Staff, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
Your generosity should have been acknowledged, and when the wedding was called off, your money should have been returned rather than applied to a mother/daughter vacation.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
Now, some of those same museums, once eager to be associated with Wiley, are calling off his shows.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
Texas lawmakers were expected to hear testimony at the state Capitol on Monday from Robert Roberson, a death row inmate whose execution was temporarily called off last week.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Call off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20off. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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