resigned
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Joe diGenova resigned as a supervisor of the probe, saying department officials pressured the team to bring criminal cases before they were ready.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Over the last decade, Cruise has resigned himself to action stardom, writing death-defying stunts into his contracts.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Accused of “moral failure” by the fellowship, Bakker resigned and Falwell replaced him as president of PTL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The BBC's then-director general Tim Davie also resigned over the scandal, and was replaced by Brittin earlier this year.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“That doesn’t do much for me. Just...Have you ever heard that Willa Cather quote? ‘I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.’”
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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