resignation
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Speaking on Thursday before Gamble's resignation Prof Evelyn Collins said the commission accepted criticisms that have been made.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The work’s more resonant meanings emerge organically as Jean and Berenger battle over Jean’s willing resignation of his human form.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
There was the unraveling: a July report that passages of his thesis matched another scholar’s, an investigation, his resignation and, nine days later, his death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Demonstrations over worsening living conditions escalated into a revolt, marked by roadblocks that cut off major cities and calls for the president's resignation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Almost everyone regarded his retirement of 1796 as a repeat performance of his resignation as commander of the Continental Army in 1783.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
It prompted further resignations and another reported wave of roughly 75,000 digital cancellations in two days.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
John McLenaghan said calling for resignations was not a decision his union had "lightly".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Any exit from Southern California -- the capital of America's movie industry -- would likely spark a wave of resignations from workers unwilling to relocate.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
With a weighty portfolio of cases, Pirro has been working to stabilize her Washington office, which has been depleted by resignations and dismissals since Trump returned to the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
At Hanawon, the resettlement center in South Korea, job counselors say that workplace paranoia, stormy resignations, and lingering feelings of betrayal are chronic problems as North Koreans adjust to new lives.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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