resign
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Former UUP leader Doug Beattie has said Nebsitt had no choice but to resign after Burrows "undermined" his position as health minister.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Led by a youth movement called the Cockroach Janta Party, the protesters forced India’s education minister to resign following a scandal surrounding a medical school entrance exam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Their concerns were disregarded, prompting most to resign.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Understanding what was about to happen, her opponent had little choice but to extend her hand and resign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
President Higinbotham said he would resign before he would cede such power to anyone.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
"The peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar will continue until Pradhan resigns," Dipke told his supporters.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
India's "Cockroach" party movement vowed Tuesday to press ahead with their campaign until the education minister resigns, a day after at least 180 people were injured in protests in New Delhi.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
If the sitting governor dies, resigns or is removed from office, the lieutenant governor would assume the role.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
By the time someone resigns, the real conversation is already six months overdue.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
She decides one last case before she resigns as a judge for the People’s Court.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
He was suspended for a year and then resigned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Earlier this month, Carlson hosted a small group that included Greene, Massie and Joe Kent, Trump’s former counterterrorism chief who resigned over the Iran war.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
His party colleague Mike Nesbitt resigned after a fall out with Burrows over withdrawing emergency general surgery services from Causeway Hospital.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The finding comes after Super Micro co-founder Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw resigned from the company in March, as he was one of the people indicted for his alleged role in the scheme.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
He resigned his post at the State Department.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
After resigning in May, Davies-Jones told the Commons in June that people whose lives were devastated by Epstein's abuse have too often been reduced to a footnote.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Carvalho ultimately relinquished his right to severance by resigning — while avoiding the possibility of dismissal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The final option would be Infantino simply resigning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
A second was charged after first resigning his position, then fleeing the country.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
By resigning voluntarily, he was declaring that his deepest allegiances, like those of his critics, were thoroughly republican.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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