quit
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The goal isn’t to quit working at 40.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
She said she pushed to make good things happen for her siblings and didn’t quit or make excuses when life was difficult.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Nicky Hayen quit Genk to spearhead Burnley's bid to return to the Premier League at the first attempt.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
When Volvo’s spending on a new tech platform spiraled, Rowan quit and Samuelsson was brought out of retirement to lead a turnaround.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
He would have to design and build a real boat, not a raft like the piece of board that had just quit his company.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
It’s also interesting since a source alerted me to the fact that Rocket’s first commit happened just after Sequoia quitted of their CoreOS shares and board seat.
From Forbes ● Dec. 3, 2014
In a ludicrous trial, Kit is ac quitted to the great discomfiture of ogreish District Attorney Sprinkle Kit's companions in theft get a pardon from the governor.
From Time Magazine Archive
He quitted war invincible: and no sooner was his guiding hand withdrawn than disaster overtook the armies he had led.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a sumptuous banquet in his honor he quitted Hungary last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
He being settled and falling swiftly into a shivering sleep, I quitted the chamber and repaired downstairs.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
That afternoon, Coxon told his Anthropic colleagues he was quitting in a Slack message, saying he feared the possibility of human extinction without proper international coordination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Sheeran has denied being behind the decision to remove Macklemore, saying his tour's promoter was responsible, but several supporting acts have announced they were quitting the tour.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
It started Tuesday when an Anthropic researcher told The Wall Street Journal he was quitting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Rolfe told UK outlet Sky News he accepted "full responsibility" but declined to say if he was considering quitting his job.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
My gaze leaped from bleary note to blotted slur, none yielding music, none quitting me of clamor.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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