call it quits
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Rather than provide proof, he attacked the media, accused major news organizations of corruption and eventually terminated the interview, telling Welker, “Let’s call it quits because I’ve had enough.”
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
When Ocean Development Inc. bought a fifth lot, the one next to theirs, the Nerones might have been ready to call it quits.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Gil would call it quits now—afraid for his business, of losing everything.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Yet it’s too early to call it quits, with oil demand expected to keep growing for a while longer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
His fingernails caked in soil, Fadi was about to call it quits when the earth loosened around a small tin box in their twenty-sixth pit.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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