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• The call to action is to ask the president to pass the torch.
  — Chuck Todd, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2023
• His son, John, is in line to take over when Dean decides to pass the torch.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
• Still, there’s something to be said for knowing when to pass the torch.
  — New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021
• If ever there was a time for Cena to pass the torch, this is it.
  — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• Jones hopes to pass the torch to a buyer who will preserve the business.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
• Yet to them, keeping their programs alive to pass the torch is worth it.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2021
• Togetherness or not, the Yankees aren’t about to pass the torch to the Mets.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2021
• But the proprietors — who are now both in their late 60s — are ready to retire and pass the torch.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2021
• Her first order of business: to pass the torch to her on-screen sibling.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 21 July 2022
• The best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation.
  — Nik Popli, TIME, 25 July 2024
• So pick one of these 20 unique and easy Mother's Day card ideas, and fold and cut it yourself or pass the torch to your kids.
  — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 2023
• This fifth installment looks like an attempt to pass the torch.
  — Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2021
• Seniors do not come around and formally pass the torch.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2022
• Don’t be afraid to pass the torch to others who are better suited for certain tasks.
  — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
• Abdul-Jabbar, who held the record for just shy of four decades, was on hand to pass the torch, or in this case, a basketball on.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
• Her goal is to pass the torch so that her culture, which has survived for hundreds of years, can keep going.
  — Tanay Howard, Parents, 17 Feb. 2024
• Her goal is to pass the torch, so that her culture, which has survived for hundreds of years, can keep going.
  — Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 20 June 2022
• Lakshmi continued to pass the torch with grace in the form of flowers sent to Kish's dressing room.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023
• Early wanted to keep her legacy at Dobson and pass the torch to her younger teammates.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2021
• His exit came after increasing pressure from Democrats to step aside and pass the torch to a younger leader.
  — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2024
• As both a tribute to Wes Craven and a way to pass the torch forward, Scream made a convincing argument that the franchise still has plenty of blood left in it.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2022
• Joe Biden didn’t just pass the torch to another generation.
  — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2024
• Kass has even offered to stay on for up to six weeks to facilitate the transition to a new owner, as his hope is not just to sell, but to find someone to pass the torch to.
  — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 22 May 2024
• The contest between him and Djokovic was a fight between generations—the greatest player in one cohort trying not to pass the torch to the one who’s up next.
  — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
• That means a bill may not come in the next session; current student representatives may need to pass the torch to their successors.
  — Lillian Reed, baltimoresun.com, 29 Oct. 2021
• Paralympian Tsuchida Wakako went on to pass the torch on to several local students, who in turn gave it to Osaka.
  — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 23 July 2021
• One of the most successful construction and architectural firms in U.S. is launching an initiative to help pass the torch.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 5 Oct. 2023
• Himes joins a growing list of Democratic lawmakers urging the president to pass the torch to the next generation.
  — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2024
• After weeks of criticism and calls for the president to pass the torch, Biden was instantly loved and praised for his patriotism and selflessness in dropping out of the race.
  — Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
• The Closing Ceremony marks the end of the global gathering, when China will quite literally pass the torch to the next country that will host the world’s greatest athletes.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 17 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024