dropped out
Example Sentences
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A group headed by former Yankees and Dodgers manager Joe Torre and L.A. developer Rick Caruso dropped out of the bidding ahead of Cohen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Hong maintained that momentum throughout the spring and summer, as several establishment hands dropped out.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
In interviews with state media, Chen described how he grew up poor in a silk-weaving town in eastern China, where he dropped out of school at 13, unable to pay the fees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Meenu Hettigama, 21, from Walsall began a creative media course after leaving school, but soon dropped out and applied for apprenticeships instead.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
It had fallen open, a sheet of paper beside it that had dropped out with it.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
