passed up
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Nearly 20% of the more than 3,000 caregivers surveyed stopped work entirely to focus on caregiving, while 24% took unpaid leave and 22% passed up a promotion or other career opportunity.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Draper invested in scores of tech companies, including LSI Logic, Activision and Skype, but passed up an early chance to invest in Apple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Another time, deep in Rutgers territory, Riley passed up on a fourth-quarter field goal on fourth down, only for USC’s fourth-down pass to come up short.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about her Nov. 16, 2020, call to “cancel Thanksgiving,” Hong passed up the chance to disavow the tweet and instead talked about how she cooked a Thanksgiving meal at 16.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
I passed up the street, looking as I went at all the houses to the right hand and to the left; but I could discover no pretext, nor see an inducement to enter any.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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