drop out

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The significantly sweetened bid from Paramount put the onus on Netflix to either raise its bid of $27.75 per share for Warner’s studio and streaming businesses or drop out of the bidding.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

But they proved vulnerable to electronic warfare -- the practice of jamming and intercepting enemy craft, causing them to drop out of the sky or lose connection to the operator.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Van Der Beek himself was scheduled to appear, but was forced to drop out on short notice due to a stomach virus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Unions argue that "one day less" can be good for energy, productivity and society, and that normalising four‑day patterns can keep people in work who might otherwise drop out altogether.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

She was also thinking she’d drop out of school.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot