dropped out
Example Sentences
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A previous commission candidate dropped out of the running after a disastrous hearing before the council.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
King defied expectations as a teenage mother who dropped out of school to gatecrash the predominantly white male music industry.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
He dropped out for a time a few years later when she died.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Did he just have a brain fart and forget that Gov. Janet Mills dropped out of the primary?
From Slate • May 30, 2026
He dropped out before he got to Virginia, so we never did see him.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
