stand aside
Example Sentences
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When her departure was announced by Downing Street in October 2024, it included a statement from Gray saying that she had "chosen to stand aside".
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025
Immigrants rights advocates had urged the court to stand aside for now.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025
When you see armed and masked law enforcement coming for someone you care about, do you stand aside?
From Salon • May 13, 2025
Bird’s candidacy is at least enough of a concern that Reichert and his allies have tried to get him to stand aside.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2023
She moved restlessly, afraid to draw away from him too obviously, and yet wanting, with small motions of starting the car, to make him stand aside.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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