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
Four days into the strike, the tsar was forced to abdicate, and the provisional government granted women the right to vote.
From BBC β Mar. 7, 2024
By March 1917, Czar Nicholas II had been forced to abdicate the throne.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
It may serve his interests by distracting and deflecting but abdicates presidential responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 12, 2025
An eccentric Danish queen abdicates - will others follow?
From BBC β Jan. 14, 2024
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
Japan's Emperor Akihito formally abdicates the throne at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo today.
From Washington Post β Apr. 30, 2019
Napoleon abdicates and is banished to the island of Elba.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson
Albert II abdicated as king of the Belgians in 2013 as the paternity issue became a royal scandal.
From BBC β Aug. 20, 2026
A few months later, faced with military reversals and urban unrest, Nicholas abdicated the throne.
From The Wall Street Journal β Apr. 17, 2026
Juan Carlos abdicated later in 2014, handing the throne to Felipe.
From Barron's β Nov. 5, 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
“After he abdicated and became quite old, he returned to the palace with the Paper and a strange story.”
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
“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
"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
Norway’s 86-year-old King Harald V, who has been hospitalized several times in recent months, has not indicated he’s considering abdicating in favor of his son, Crown Prince Haakon.
From Seattle Times β Jan. 11, 2024
Mr Sarwar said it was "shameful" that the government was abdicating responsibility.
From BBC β Nov. 2, 2023
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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