depart
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The company’s existing U.S. marketing chief will depart in the coming weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The more frequently droplets appear and depart, the more often the surface is refreshed, allowing heat to move through it more efficiently.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
The delay meant the flight could not depart before the runway closed after midnight so passengers had to be rebooked on a flight the following day.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Earlier in the day, an AFP correspondent saw dozens of trucks loaded with furniture and other belongings waiting to set off from near the city of Hasakeh, with men, women and children eager to depart.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
They pay their respects in silence, and when the sun has risen, the men pick up the bier and depart; but the women stay behind, for this is the custom.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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The Julian Casablancas-led band’s seventh album, produced by Rick Rubin, sharply departs from its alternative-rock sound, leaning into AutoTuned experimentation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Obviously with massive spoilers ahoy, here are eight of the biggest ways Nolan’s “Odyssey” departs from Homer’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
While Messi, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe have scored regularly at this tournament, Salah departs with just one goal to show for his efforts.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
According to several NBA news-breakers, including Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer and ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, the Warriors are attempting to sign James this offseason as he departs the Lakers.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
“The fleet departs upon the morrow, on the evening tide.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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Evidence from hundreds of living species shows that different groups traveled along these routes or departed from them at different times and at different rates.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Bessent has also endorsed “regular and predictable,” yet departed from it in announcing the buyback Wednesday just two weeks after the last quarterly refunding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The aircraft had departed from the Loisaba wildlife reserve.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
After Iger departed, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones pushed back his swivel chair and stood to address the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Over the next months, tens of thousands of frightened Jews departed for the outlying towns and villages from which many of them had so recently fled.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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Trump said on Truth Social that Leavitt is departing her role at the end of the month so she can spend more time with her children and family: “A decision I totally understand and respect!”
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Under the departing President Gustavo Petro, a former leftist guerrilla, the government embarked on simultaneous peace negotiations with about a dozen narco-trafficking groups to urge them to disarm and abandon drug smuggling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
On Wednesday, longtime Google executive Jeff Dean said he was departing the company to pursue his own startup.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
His team trailed 2-1, their only run a solo homer from Tucker, who’d been booed throughout his first series back at Wrigley since departing the Cubs in free agency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Some speak of departing, yet for that it already seems too late.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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