out of harm's way
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This week, far to the east of Kyiv, the trains that evacuated hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians in February and March 2022 are still taking people out of harm's way.
From BBC
They were out of the water for the moment, but they weren’t out of harm’s way yet.
From Literature
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Retirees should have an asset allocation that “takes them out of harm’s way,” Paulsen says, but once you have that set, you shouldn’t let the headlines sway you.
From Barron's
According to Kerlikowske, such training is designed to keep officers out of harm’s way.
He said in his own statement that, “We will measure success when people can recover without red tape and delays, get coverage on their own terms, and rebuild so they are out of harm’s way in the future.”
From Los Angeles Times
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