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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

So get off our backs!

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 18, 1979 | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

Buzz off, Government. You're messing too much with things that have made this country great. Get out of my gas tank. I want supply and demand.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 18, 1979 | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

He carries a motorcycle helmet to fend off the huge hailstones that often accompany a tornado, but the only thing he admits fearing is lightning: "There's no rhyme or reason to it." Now he turns up the AM radio and rotates the tuner, listening for the pop of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Oklahoma: Chasing Twisters | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

Within minutes, the western sky has turned a stunning emerald green, and huge hailstones are smashing on the truck's roof. It is 6:16 p.m. Moore pushes east as the hailstones, some of them literally the size of golf balls, threaten to crack our windshield. After plowing through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Oklahoma: Chasing Twisters | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

There have been few heroes in the distressing developments since the accident. The primary issue throughout has been why the left engine on the three-engine jetliner literally took off on its own as the 120-ton airplane was rising from the runway at O'Hare. The four-ton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Debacle of the DC-10 | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

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