parting
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The conclusion was to banish Hesmondhalgh, who, in her parting words, said it had been an "immense experience".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 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
Given his past behavior, he sounds like the type of guy to leave a curveball in his will, as a parting shot.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Esperanza stuck her tongue out at them before parting.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
No matter how long a driver and race engineer have worked together, and how close they become, those partings of ways are inevitable in Formula 1.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2024
I now hope that cross-species friendships of such intensity do not end in permanent partings.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2022
The play is about the carnage caused by partings.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2019
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
Our lives are composed of meetings and partings, with brief, bright acquaintances in-between.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
