as in to resign
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That feeling contributed to the dynamics around Swalwell and Gonzales, who resigned on the same day last week in the face of rising bipartisan support to expel them.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2026 -
Starmer has already defused one potential crisis in February, when some Labour lawmakers urged him to resign over the Mandelson appointment.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Perez-Funez’s case originally led the court to establish due process safeguards for immigrant children, giving them the right to speak with a relative or attorney before signing forms that waive their pursuit of legal protection.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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Tommy Medina waived about 2 1/2 years of custody credits as part of a plea deal offer from Orange County Superior Court Judge Larry Yellin, which drew an objection from prosecutors.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
10 Apr. 2026
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The judge denied the defendants’ request to dismiss the negligence, emotional distress and punitive damages claims.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, Baldwin and his legal team worked to get the involuntary manslaughter charges dismissed before the July 2024 trial, though their attempt was initially denied.—
Gillian Telling,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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PauseAI disavowed the attack and said Moreno-Gama was not a formal member; the Discord server is open for anyone to join.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2026
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Activist groups seeking to pause or slow the development of AI are disavowing violence after a person with strong anti-AI views was accused of attacking Sam Altman’s San Francisco residence with a Molotov cocktail Friday.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
15 Apr. 2026
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Even the closest readers of the post could trouble themselves wondering if Damsky’s words implied something more than a call for members of that group to voluntarily abjure their own identity.—
Conor Friedersdorf,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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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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That candidate, Bushra Amiwala, disowned the support and condemned the ad, widely seen as an attempt to siphon voters from another young progressive, Kat Abughazaleh.—
David Daley,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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The same fiber that the broader industry is scrambling to disown is also winding deeper, tighter—and, indeed, faster—into the Chinese economy.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Mar. 2026
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Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Images Japan renounced war under Article 9 of its post-World War II pacifist constitution.—
Sam Meredith,Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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Miami will have the ability to use multiple sizable salary cap exceptions if Wiggins opts out or if Wiggins stays but Miami renounces Powell, which remove his cap hold and eliminate his Bird rights.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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Another is that whoever’s chosen should disclaim under oath loyalty to anyone or anything other than the Constitution.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2026
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Another is that whoever’s chosen should disclaim under oath loyalty to anyone or anything other than the Constitution.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Demit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demit. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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