as in to leave
to end a usually intimate relationship with
sincerely wants to break off with him without hurting his feelings
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Enrollment reached a 30-year low last year at 894 students, leaving more than 200 vacant seats at the school as inflation drives up costs.—
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Somewhere beyond the brush, two frightened dogs — caught on video being dumped and abandoned — were still waiting, as if the person who left them might return.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Drone footage showed catastrophic flooding that turned streets into rivers, submerged homes and overturned cars as Typhoon Kalmaegi, known locally as Tino, dumped more than a month’s worth of rain in only 24 hours in some areas.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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The junior forward cut down his long flowing hair this past January, and then ditched his iconic goggles last week in an effort to expand his peripheral vision and improve his game.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Nov. 2025
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Bleacher Report's Erik Beaston recently predicted Alonso would ditch the Mets in free agency in favor of a deal with a new team.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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After blowing off its gaseous outer layers, its core contracts.—
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Big Think,
3 Nov. 2025
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Cash is king right now, Hsia said, and the AFJ is matching up to $1 million in donations that will go toward things such as new roofs for houses whose roofs were blown off and new furniture after many people's belongings were soaked through and ruined.—
Matt Nighswander,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Break off (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/break%20off%20%28with%29. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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