quit
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"For one, just his ability to follow through. I mean, what's going to happen? Will he stop halfway through or quit or something like that?"
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
“If I had seen that kind of quid pro quo, I would have quit earlier.”
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Or quit his job and form a garage band.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Karen knows how difficult it is to quit.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
This was a signal to bombard Lippmann with accusatory questions: If it’s such a great idea, why don’t you quit Deutsche Bank and start a hedge fund and make a fortune for yourself?
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
It’s also interesting since a source alerted me to the fact that Rocket’s first commit happened just after Sequoia quitted of their CoreOS shares and board seat.
From Forbes ● Dec. 3, 2014
The court did rule that any such ac quitted defendants could be kept in custody until the hearing, since there is sufficient reason to suspect that they might be a danger to the community.
From Time Magazine Archive
Amid delirious cheering, Signor Mussolini quitted the Capitol and strode toward his automobile.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their Majesties quitted Paris at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
From Time Magazine Archive
The day after, Diana and Mary quitted it for distant B——.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Babydoll was released on 7 August - months after Miller considered quitting music - and exploded after actress Jennifer Love Hewitt posted videos which featured the track.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Nurses are in high demand—and they’re quitting in droves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Prosecutors say Linton, 41, was furious with co-workers and thinking about quitting her job at Kaiser Permanente hospital in West L.A. when she drove down La Brea Avenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The couple previously revealed that they were quitting California to move to Hawaii.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
He had left a message that over at the Roseland State Ballroom, the shoeshine boy was quitting that night, and Shorty had told him to hold the job for me.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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