off the air
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Bartiromo, who hosted “Sunday Morning Futures” and “Mornings with Maria,” has been off the air since Aug. 9.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Khaled Al-Badri, a Kuwaiti man in his fifties, told AFP he started turning off the air conditioning before leaving his house and switching off the outdoor lights.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
He’s always known that if they take you off the air, you’ve got nothing.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Before a 2023 writers strike that knocked late-night shows off the air for five months, the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 was a longer, weirder disruption for Colbert and his staff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
When all the other recruits had had their long hair shorn off, the air group’s Communist Party secretary, Klavdiya Terekhova, anxiously had to report Lilya’s disobedience to Marina Raskova.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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