get out of the way
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“It’s important to get out of the way of the business. Stop being the owner. Get out of their hair and find something else to do,” said Ransom, who volunteers with the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
“Unconscious bias,” he believes, will never get out of the way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
Such emergency closures came with little or no warning, ProPublica found, forcing pilots to suddenly upend their flight plans and change course in heavily trafficked airspace to get out of the way of falling debris.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
And then people don’t get out of the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025
Even after the birth of the United States, Native peoples would not get out of the way.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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