resign
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She was forced to resign but never faced criminal charges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Ryanair reiterated its calls for Rolfe to resign, saying he had failed to deliver" either a reliable system or an effective back-up".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
In a separate filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, Caesars said Jesse Lynn and Ted Papapostolou decided to resign from the company’s board.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Although Volcker delayed the implementation of the cut, the incident spurred speculation that he might resign his position at the Fed, according to media reports from the time.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
She walked obliquely away across the grass as though trying to get rid of him, then seemed to resign herself to having him at her side.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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The protesters said they would stay in the streets until Rama resigns.
From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026
By the time someone resigns, the real conversation is already six months overdue.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
A leadership election can only be triggered if the leader resigns, or if Labour MPs launch a challenge when there is no vacancy.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
It is when Mary resigns herself to learning and high-mindedness that her life-scheme goes happily awry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
Flavius badly wants to use his own trademark purple lipstick on me but resigns himself to a pink as they begin to color my face and nails.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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James Angleton, the CIA’s head of counterintelligence, and Martin Furnival Jones, MI5’s director, were resigned to the fact that the KGB would always have an operational edge over its Western counterparts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Hobson, who co-founded the billion-dollar museum alongside her husband, George Lucas, resigned from LA28 earlier this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Over the past few weeks, an Anthropic researcher resigned after warning that the people racing to build advanced artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity by the end of the decade.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The fate of the tree is now "in the hands of heaven", says a resigned Jung.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Nok looked up at him with flat, resigned eyes.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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Gay was president for six months, the shortest stretch in the institution’s history, before resigning at the start of 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
But the Fair Games Coalition claims she responded to their requests to meet and discuss their concerns by resigning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Concerns about AI safety have escalated in recent weeks, with workers at major AI developers resigning over concerns about the dangers posed by the technology.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
He also worked for Marjorie Taylor Greene, a former Republican congresswoman who fell out with Trump and became a fierce critic before resigning from office.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
In resigning themselves to the role of chronicling ever-changing usage, they are acknowledging the wisdom of Thomas Carlyle’s famous reply to Margaret Fuller’s statement “I accept the universe”: “Gad! She’d better.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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