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By the time her modeling career got off the ground, while barely out of her teens, she had already been married and divorced.

I am mostly grateful to my supervisor Ms. Zhou Jia without her support and patience this project would not have been got off the ground.

But it never got off the ground; the program folded four months after he was picked to participate.

The group got off the ground only after the manager told his worst performers that they had to join - or else.

Some never got off the ground, while others have gone bust or been acquired by more powerful state-owned rivals.

Meanwhile, the partnership with Chery never got off the ground, thanks in part to the recession.

Orville and Wilbur Wright had many crashes and ruined many planes before they finally got off the ground.

Their return has been predicted many times, but attempts to revive the idea of huge airships have never got off the ground.

Whether that trust ever got off the ground under the repressive regime of the reclusive state is unclear.

This embarrassing blunder nearly blighted his career before it got off the ground.

mountain and glen are accurate enough, but had the mountain not become, the glen rushy, might never have got off the ground with his poem.

It took 13 failed attempts before the system finally got off the ground in 1959. Once it did, however, the results were spectacular.

While the plans are impressive, so far, little has got off the ground.

Even before the Wikileaks project got off the ground, the mainstream media was implicated.

in 1961 , two human - powered aircraft built by british designers got off the ground , but could not turn safely or fly far.

The shot he hit was a topped ball and it never got off the ground.

His restaurant never got off the ground because he didn't advertise.

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