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breakup

noun as in end of relationship

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“There was never a formal breakup,” Rossen says now, his voice jumping around with nervous energy, after years away from the spotlight.

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Jeffrey Hamilton came to live in an empty condominium, as many do, after a painful breakup.

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That upward trajectory, and a slow decline of rehashes and breakups until his death in 2017, are abundantly clear in Dowling’s hands.

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Each company would be responsible for paying the other a breakup fee of around $1 billion if the deal were to fall apart.

Listening to that long, repetitive breakup story is a skill that also requires honed patience.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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