parting
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Then there was the mystery about why the $52 billion defense contractor was parting ways with the veteran defense executive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Tottenham have almost matched Chelsea's spending, parting with a club record £237m this summer.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The movie ends with Hana and Kip parting because his job takes him to other areas of the country.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
His parting gift was a silver medal, a handshake from President Trump and a hug from the King of Spain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Then they took leave of each other, but calmly, knowing that they were parting only for a time.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
I now hope that cross-species friendships of such intensity do not end in permanent partings.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2022
“But life, of course, consists of final partings as well as first meetings,” she said, “and as much as I and my family miss him, I know he would want us to enjoy Christmas.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2021
In what has to be one of the most inevitable partings of the Premier League era, Steve Bruce lasted just 13 days after the Saudi Arabian-backed £305m takeover of the club.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2021
Its story, held between the arbitrary-seeming brackets of electoral victory and pop-star overdose, is inchoate, and beguilingly so: a series of meetings and partings, a fluctuation of perceptions, emotions, and desires.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2018
The neat partings in their hair, the clicks of their heels, the confident swagger they had.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
