How to Use jump ship in a Sentence

jump ship

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• But others are clearly skeptical, or clearly looking to jump ship.
  — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
• Allies and advisers have also jumped ship, unable to retain support in FIFA’s beleaguered leader.
  — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
• Ahead of OpenAI preparing to launch its first hardware products, yet another senior Apple hardware executive has jumped ship.
  — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 28 June 2026
• At the same time, May’s JOLTS data didn’t show a significant shift in layoffs or the number of people voluntarily quitting their jobs (an indicator that workers aren’t yet confident enough in the labor market to jump ship).
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
• Longtime United Launch Alliance President and CEO Tory Bruno jumped ship right before Christmas last year, moving on to work with Blue Origin.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2026
• Panicked Jewish Democrats in Michigan are threatening to jump ship and vote Republican if anti-Israel candidate Abdul El-Sayed wins the party's Senate primary.
  — Staff, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026