ditch
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In light of the legal tussle with California, some have encouraged David Ellison to ditch Paramount’s Hollywood headquarters in favor of Tennessee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
That means the Goldin Finance 117 may soon ditch its status as "tallest unoccupied building", as declared by Guinness World Records in 2015.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
A pair of new ETFs are betting that investors will ditch typical index funds to avoid having exposure to Elon Musk’s companies.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
That's also the theme of their new album, The Core, where the band ditch the throwback R&B of their first EPs for a more expansive sound.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
He’d cut and planed a new plank for over the ditch too.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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There are more than 100 ways to restore peatland, including blocking drains and ditches and re-establishing bog vegetation.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
She ditches Jessie, who winds up on a farm that was once the home of her former owner, Emily.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
The production, co-directed by Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, ditches the feline masquerade for a parade of costumes designed with unflagging inspiration by Qween Jean.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
Bedrock Robotics Chief Executive Boris Sofman visited the site last year, looking for land to test the company’s autonomous construction machinery, including excavators to dig ditches without human control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
He’d dug too many ditches, cut down too many cottonwoods, foraged in the cold, wet woods for too many berries and mushrooms.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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The heroic pilot who safely ditched a stricken airliner in a New York City river in 2009 has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Chips and networking company Marvell Technology declined 5% and chip manufacturer Intel slid 3.8% as investors ditched artificial intelligence winners.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Already this year, Yosemite National Park has ditched a reservation system, leading to enormous crowds in the valley and on nearby trails.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Two years later, the section between Manchester and Birmingham was also ditched.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
I could have ditched it, but that would have been the same as littering.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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"Many people are forced between maintaining an accent they're proud of or indeed ditching their accent to try to just even move on in life," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
But ditching the physical disc strikes a blow to secondhand markets like GameStop, allowing Take-Two to capture more profits, Griffin added.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Arte Moreno is unlikely to sell the Angels amid steady fan protests, but he can respond by ditching veterans and giving young talent a chance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
With fewer sales to go around and homes taking longer to sell, more agents are ditching the industry or finding second jobs as the slowest housing market in decades stretches into its fourth year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Skye also said that Madi kept ditching her for the volleyball girls.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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