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walk away from

verb as in bow out

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As a potential poster boy for the reimagined event - as a kid he sat rapt in the tribunes in 2014 and won medals at the next two Games - was it a wrench to walk away from the chance of a glorious career conclusion?

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A key risk is that homebuilders walk away from their Millrose contracts, which could lead to losses in a weakening housing market.

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Millrose seeks to mitigate that risk by mixing different landholdings together in a single asset pool—so-called cross collateralization—that makes its less palatable for homebuilders to walk away from a land package .

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“It’s not easy to walk away from our patients, but if we don’t advocate for them, who will?”

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The bar is obviously very high to walk away from a family member.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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