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resign

[ri-zahyn] / rɪˈzaɪn /


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The men, who denied wrongdoing, have been calling on India's chief election commissioner to resign.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Nixon would eventually resign over the Watergate scandal on Aug. 9, 1974.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

As a result, hundreds of women were affected, and many were compelled to resign.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

In early September, the British researcher published a statement on X explaining his decision to resign from Anthropic, saying AI developers sincerely believed the technology could "kill us all by the end of the decade."

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

He felt so ashamed of himself that he went to Wood and offered to resign from the Quidditch team.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

Under Holyrood's rules, any list MSP who resigns their seat is replaced by their party's next candidate at the last election.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The job is largely a ceremonial post, but if the sitting governor dies, resigns or is removed from office, then the lieutenant governor would be elevated to take over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

India's "Cockroach" party movement vowed Tuesday to press ahead with their campaign until the education minister resigns, a day after at least 180 people were injured in protests in New Delhi.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

By the time someone resigns, the real conversation is already six months overdue.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

Flavius badly wants to use his own trademark purple lipstick on me but resigns himself to a pink as they begin to color my face and nails.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Joel Riddle, Polar’s CEO until September and a former ExxonMobil employee, says he resigned after the discovery, which he said emerged in budget discussions over the summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

She resigned as health director in June 2020 after the Legislature pressured her to open county fairs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

He resigned as leader of Ashfield District Council the following day, but was later given a seat on the authority's planning committee.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

On Monday, the head of Turkey's SPK capital markets regulator was sacked and the deputy finance minister resigned, although neither departure was officially tied to the crisis.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

With a resigned expression, Mo took hold of one handle.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Everyone in town seems to be getting married off, with the women resigning themselves to the conventional duties of a loveless union.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

However, Healey's Budget preparations suffered a blow when the Treasury's entrepreneurship adviser, Alex Depledge, announced she was resigning from the role.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Casey led it for much of the 20th century, resigning from the board of the company he created shortly before his death at age 95.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Following his advice to blackmail a loose-cannon Prime Minister into resigning causes her reflux to erupt with a vengeance.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

By the time his wounds were healed, he had announced to the Council that he was resigning.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill


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