parting

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Emma Raducanu believes it is "very difficult to say" she made a mistake in parting ways with coach Andrew Richardson after her 2021 US Open triumph.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Tim Cook’s parting gift for his successor: strong iPhone sales and tidy margins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

But one of Conlon’s parting gifts to L.A. is an irrefutable argument that no art form does redemption quite like opera.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

And as for any news on what direction her fourth album might take, for once she was short of words, giving a shrug, a cheeky smile and a parting shot of: "I dunno. We'll see."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

They go in fits and starts, stopping so many times the rest of the Spec is forced to continue around them, parting like water around a stone.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen