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Discover LudwigThe phrase "arrived off" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It is typically used incorrectly when trying to indicate arrival at a location, but the preposition "off" does not fit in this context.
Example: "The ship arrived off the coast at dawn."
Alternatives: "arrived at" or "arrived near".
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I remember he bought a house in the Bahamas and we arrived off a nine-hour flight.
Other dancers arrived off schedule thanks to a strike by Air France pilots.
The day before the Fort McHenry arrived off Basilan, islanders discovered the mutilated body of an informer, presumably murdered by Abu Sayyaf.
So far this year, 35,000 asylum seekers have arrived off the Italian coast - 25,000 were rescued at sea.
After an uneventful journey north, the attack forces arrived off Norway on 20 August.
Captain John Talbot of HMS Victorious arrived off Venice in mid-February and blockaded the port.
The group escorted several Italian transports that arrived off Derna on 15 October.
On 8 March, Scharnhorst and four destroyers departed Gotenhafen; she arrived off Narvik on 14 March.
The other eight arrived off Lae in the early hours of 4 March.
Phips sailed from London in September 1686, and arrived off Hispaniola in November.
They arrived off Nome on 24 May, but ice prevented them reaching the shore.
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