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stand aside
verb as in resign
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Flynn revealed he called her the night before he announced his plan to stand but explicitly denied asking Nicoll to stand aside for him.
But it was the brutal and deadly crackdown by security services which followed that saw it grow into demands for Sheikh Hasina to stand aside.
During the presidential debate on CNN in June - which triggered the crisis over Mr Biden's candidacy that ultimately saw stand aside and endorse Kamala Harris - Trump was asked directly whether he would accept the 2024 election results.
He argues, for instance, that Trump is in a far more precarious political situation than may be obvious on the surface, especially in the wake of President Biden's decision to stand aside in the 2024 presidential election, passing the torch to Vice President Harris.
Following it, there were growing calls from within his own party for him to stand aside, with a growing number of congressional Democrats worried his campaign would hurt their own re-election chances in November.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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