abdicate
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“It is not enough to invoke ethics in the abstract; robust legal frameworks, independent oversight, informed users and a political system that does not abdicate its responsibility are required,” he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal β May 25, 2026
In 2006, when a popular uprising forced the king to abdicate, Thapa was already a prominent figure in the pro-democracy movement and had been jailed several times for his role in street protests.
From Barron's β Feb. 27, 2026
Yet sometimes miracles happen, and Senates don’t entirely abdicate their constitutional advice and consent roles.
From Slate β Oct. 4, 2025
She is the first Danish monarch to voluntarily abdicate in over 800 years.
From BBC β Jan. 14, 2024
She looked repulsive, with her red nose, as people do when they abdicate their dignity.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Today, the Court abdicates its vital role in that effort.
From Slate β Jun. 27, 2025
It may serve his interests by distracting and deflecting but abdicates presidential responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 12, 2025
Both the Independent and The Telegraph gave the season two-star reviews, with the latter writing that "a once fine drama abdicates with a miserable whimper".
From BBC β Dec. 20, 2023
There's a lot of speculation over who might take over in her stead as Lakshmi abdicates her throne.
From Salon β Jun. 10, 2023
Napoleon is deposed by Senate, April 1st, and abdicates, April 11th; liberal constitution introduced by Louis XVIII.,
From Liberty In The Nineteenth Century by Frederic May Holland
A few months later, faced with military reversals and urban unrest, Nicholas abdicated the throne.
From The Wall Street Journal β Apr. 17, 2026
This was where she abdicated the throne in favour of her baby son, James VI.
From BBC β Dec. 11, 2025
In the video, Juan Carlos also urged Spain to support his son Felipe VI, in whose favour he abdicated in 2014, "in this difficult task of uniting all Spaniards".
From Barron's β Dec. 1, 2025
Ayad Akhtar’s “McNeal,” which had its premiere last year at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater in a production starring Robert Downey Jr., failed precisely because it abdicated this responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 20, 2025
“You’ve just come from Erhenrang; what are they saying there about these rumors that Argaven has in fact abdicated without announcement, handed the sledge over to his cousin?”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
It is “unfair to say the court is abdicating its authority,” said the ex-prosecutor, who also requested anonymity to speak candidly about the district’s judges.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 4, 2026
“If that’s true, what would prohibit Congress from just abdicating all responsibility to regulate foreign commerce—for that matter, declare war—to the president?”
From Slate β Nov. 5, 2025
Despite his advancing age and ill-health, King Harald has openly ruled out abdicating.
From BBC β Apr. 22, 2024
"She is abdicating her duty, and this is something that she needs to decide, not a jury. It's a question of law, not a question of fact."
From Salon β Apr. 3, 2024
He wanted to lie down in this redolent field, curl up in the green womb in the dazzling aura of these mountains, growing warm and drowsy under the sun, abdicating all responsibilities—and sleep.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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