quit
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Smith quit the ASA around the same time, demoralized by what he saw as a lack of self-awareness among his colleagues, whose work focused on the world’s wrongs while failing to recognize their own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
A week before her son died Park Mi-suk asked him to quit his job.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The pandemic’s “Great Resignation” era — when many workers quit their job and got a big raise at a new employer — and the inflation flare-up pushed companies into larger-than-usual pay increases, Wardrip said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Morton told Nolan she hadn’t read “The Odyssey,” which, when you quit school at the age of 12, makes sense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
“Because you quit coming to work! And it’s a government job, Stefi!”
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
It’s also interesting since a source alerted me to the fact that Rocket’s first commit happened just after Sequoia quitted of their CoreOS shares and board seat.
From Forbes ● Dec. 3, 2014
Before Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot quitted their sturdy porch chairs the irreducible terms to be granted Belgium had been fixed, the all-important interest rate of the Belgian moratorium was settled.
From Time Magazine Archive
Within a few hours, practically all the delegates had quitted the capital of the Commonwealth.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Dictator thanked the King for attending the opening so soon after his arrival from a visit to Morocco, and immediately quitted the building.
From Time Magazine Archive
The day after, Diana and Mary quitted it for distant B——.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Heart-disease risk drops rapidly in the first weeks and months after quitting, says David Hill, a pulmonologist and chair of the American Lung Association’s board of directors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Various groups have been expanding in the Bay Area and beyond, some focused more heavily on job displacement and others pushing for actions such as quitting OpenAI’s ChatGPT and banning new AI technology development.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Despite winning the award, Wang told the outlet he had no intension of quitting his job, adding that he planned to work until he turns 60.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Before quitting, take an honest look at your budget.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
“Then how can you think of quitting the program? Has it occurred to you that this program might be important to Wootie Hayes? Maybe you should think about it from her point of view.”
From "Doing Time Online" by Jan Siebold
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