passed up
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Nearly 20% of the more than 3,000 caregivers surveyed stopped work entirely to focus on caregiving, while 24% took unpaid leave and 22% passed up a promotion or other career opportunity.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
They had passed up plenty of chances to win their 2026 Rugby League World Cup opener and had arguably been the better side for the opening 20 minutes of both halves.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Draper passed up on an early chance to invest in Apple and missed most of the 1980s, a lucrative time for tech startups, because he was running the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about her Nov. 16, 2020, call to “cancel Thanksgiving,” Hong passed up the chance to disavow the tweet and instead talked about how she cooked a Thanksgiving meal at 16.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
He passed up the gallery very softly, unclosed the staircase door with as little noise as possible, shut it after him, and the last ray vanished.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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