quitter
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When Simone dropped out of Tokyo, as we've already discussed, she faced a litany of naysayers who accused her of abandoning her team and being a quitter.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2024
In the build-up, Miller called his opponent a quitter for stoppage defeats to Joe Joyce and Usyk.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2023
A lot of business people would just say this isn’t worth the trouble, this is hurting my business, I don’t think I can do this, but Bezos is definitely not a quitter.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
Here’s guessing neither the Rams nor their fans will call you a quitter, just as nobody called the Lakers’ Phil Jackson a quitter when he left the team in the summer of 2004.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2023
It’s not that you’re being a quitter, it’s just that you’ve got the sense to know when enough is enough.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Ah Bartleby, the patron saint of quiet quitters!
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
The percentage of job quitters, meanwhile, fell to a five-year low of 1.8% — another sign of how hard it has become to find a job.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025
If players sat out during the uncertain time, they were often labeled as quitters or players who didn’t love the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
What I don't want to happen is for the quiet quitters and the Gen Z resistance to become about focusing on their own happiness.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2023
“Oh, my God, you’re like a broken record, Claire. You know, some quitters do win. Plenty of them.”
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
