as in to resign
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Days later, another member of the finance team, Carrie Truver, resigned.—
Jennifer Palmer,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Jan. 2026 -
Meanwhile, county leaders, including Executive Bob Cassilly, are calling for the superintendent to resign or be terminated.—
Ashley Paul,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Wright also suggested sanctions on the country's oil sector would be waived to facilitate the export of its oil.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The cost of Kansas City’s temporary jail facility could jump by nearly $4 million as a city committee recommend additional funding and waiving environmental building standards to keep the project on track for completion before the 2026 FIFA World Cup.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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Despite vocal support from Aspire Capitol Heights families and a concerted effort from school leaders to prove that the school’s fiscal and academic issues could be solved, the board voted 4-1 to deny the school’s charter renewal.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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My mother has been denied access to medical care, the right to speak, and every basic human freedom.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Heritage Foundation took a leading role in Project 2025, a governing blueprint Trump disavowed during the 2024 campaign but embraced in part after returning to office in January 2025.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Dec. 2025
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In an interview this month, the group’s leadership disavowed interest in private lands, but the value of the public land sought is more than enough to make every member of the group a multimillionaire.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
27 Dec. 2025
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The foreigners, almost without exception, refuse to formally abjure Christianity, though that is one way to gain liberty.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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The authors reject more radical reform proposals, such as creating a fiscal union that would transfer extensive budgetary functions to the European Commission or a model in which the European Union abjured all responsibility for national fiscal policies and problems.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Oct. 2025
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The pastor approaches the line without fully disenchanting; a magician drawing attention to the trick without disowning its power.—
Sam Kestenbaum,
Vulture,
2 Jan. 2026
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Both have been associated with Epstein, but both have since disowned those friendships.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Dec. 2025
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Margaret’s father succeeded him as King George VI, and her mother Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, never forgave the duke for renouncing his duty to his country.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
29 Dec. 2025
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Ukraine withdrawing from all of the Donbas, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, and Kyiv officially renouncing its aim to join NATO.—
Andrea Shalal,
USA Today,
28 Dec. 2025
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As Sportico recently explained, the players could also decertify or disclaim interest, meaning the WNBPA would no longer serve as their exclusive bargaining representative.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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The survey was conducted between October 15 and 20, among 1,000 likely voters, and disclaims a margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Demit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demit. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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