quitting

Example Sentences

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If we’re all so susceptible to social influence—to quitting smoking when our friends do, getting into solar when our neighbors do, voting and protesting when our roommates do—then we’re all also purveyors of social influence.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

"Tonight he erased any doubt of all the negative talk. I'm glad the fight went that way so he could demonstrate this quitting narrative is not right."

From BBC • May 10, 2026

“Controllers bottle it up,” said Brian Vogelsinger, who spent two decades as a controller before quitting in January, citing fatigue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

"The losers are not quitting the market as fast as they are supposed to because they have investors' backing, local governments' backing, who do not want their existing investments to be written off," she said.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

In my head I say, I am never quitting my goal.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads