as in to resign
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Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 has hired an administrator experienced in curriculum to be its new assistant superintendent for student learning to replace Laurie Fiorenza who resigned, effective June 30, without explanation in April.—
Bob Skolnik,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025 -
His third Cabinet resigned in January 2021 following a parliamentary report that found that as many as 10,000 families were forced to repay thousands of euros after they had been wrongly accused of welfare fraud.—
Adam Rasmi,
Time,
20 June 2025
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Gold Star Families, those who have lost a family member in the line of duty, will have their TSA PreCheck enrollment fee waived.—
Preston Mizell,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2025
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What the association does not endorse, however, is Trump's request for the DOE to waive federal preemption of states' regulations regarding the water efficiency of showerheads, faucets and toilets.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
29 June 2025
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But the company denies claims that its equipment sparked the 2019 fire, which tore through Sylmar, Porter Ranch and Granada Hills — all suburbs of Los Angeles — burning 8,799 acres.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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To many in the transgender community, the policy also felt like another attack by the current administration to erase them from public spaces and deny their existence.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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Because the movie doesn’t convincingly disavow materialism (at least as embodied by Pascal), the main character’s choice to do so feels didactic and contrived.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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In the aftermath of abolition/compensation, forgetting or disavowing the centuries of slavery became the primary take.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
10 June 2025
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Half Prospero, half Gomer Pyle, Wilson abjured his magic and spent much of the following two decades stumbling into mania, depression, and drug abuse, before eventually reemerging into public life and personal prosperity.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
13 June 2025
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The Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 will be held in abeyance with immediate effect until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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And the academics, in turn, disowned the state curriculum guide and created their own materials.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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Civil rights activists were assassinated, beaten, betrayed by friends, tortured in jail and disowned by their families.—
John Blake,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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Syria's new government, led by a former affiliate of ISIS and Al-Qaeda who has renounced jihadi ties in recent years, has vowed to continue efforts to battle ISIS.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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The justices who renounced that lie in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Center exposed themselves to scurrilous criticisms and even threats to their safety.—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 June 2025
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In the initial days after Israel launched its attack on Iran last Friday, the U.S. repeatedly disclaimed involvement.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
18 June 2025
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The same student, however, later disclaimed his statement, according to authorities.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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“Demit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demit. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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