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While most of the film’s romantic subplot follows Kelly and Cole Davis (Tatum), Garcia and Robbins make off with their own cute little love story.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 July 2024
The bank is perhaps most famous for a Sept. 12, 1924, robbery by the desperado Ashley Gang, which terrorized the state, and made off with $4,000 in cash and $5,000 worth of Liberty bonds.
—Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2024
In 2011, hackers made off with 25,000 Bitcoins valued at around $400,000.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 1 July 2024
One of the thieves put a gun to the victim’s head while his two accomplices repeatedly punched him in the face and knocked him to the ground before making off with his cell phone and wallet.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2024
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 July 2024
The bank is perhaps most famous for a Sept. 12, 1924, robbery by the desperado Ashley Gang, which terrorized the state, and made off with $4,000 in cash and $5,000 worth of Liberty bonds.
—Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2024
In 2011, hackers made off with 25,000 Bitcoins valued at around $400,000.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 1 July 2024
One of the thieves put a gun to the victim’s head while his two accomplices repeatedly punched him in the face and knocked him to the ground before making off with his cell phone and wallet.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2024
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“Make off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make%20off. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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