as in leaving
to give up (a job or office)
resigned from the company after the news broke that he had been falsifying financial statements for years
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But unlike an initial version of the law that was made public in December, the county will levy no fines on retailers for failing to do so — instead leaving any decision about punishment to a local court.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
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Crowley’s lawsuit claims Bass and city leaders’ decisions worsened the LAFD’s response to the fire, saying the city historically failed to properly fund the LAFD, leaving the agency under-manned and backlogged in the maintenance of vehicles and other equipment.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Perry and Jungkeit both said that the call to repentance didn’t spell out any specific actions — although ICE agents quitting their jobs could be one possibility.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2026
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Jackson employed the same strategy as Breadbasket, never quitting the strategy of action alongside conversation.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Resigning (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resigning%20%28from%29. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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