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as in idler
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Recent Examples of drop out
Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
Obama's first commerce secretary nominee, then-New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, dropped out on Jan. 4, 2009.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2024
The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Oct. 2024
This comes in addition to the district’s second-lowest dropout rates in years.
—Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
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But Gaetz dropped out of the confirmation process amid GOP Senate opposition, with concerns over the findings in a report being compiled by the House Ethics Committee.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
Obama's first commerce secretary nominee, then-New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, dropped out on Jan. 4, 2009.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2024
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The state has pledged additional support to school dropouts and single-parent families.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Oct. 2024
This comes in addition to the district’s second-lowest dropout rates in years.
—Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
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Throughout the day Saturday, as the rebel forces were on the move, the Syrian army withdrew from much of southern Syria, leaving more areas of the country, including two provincial capitals, under the control of the rebels, according to the military and an opposition war monitor.Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
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The military withdrew after the National Assembly unanimously voted to overturn Yoon’s decree, forcing his Cabinet to lift it before daybreak Wednesday.Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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Their name exudes the essence of an idler and slacker, but women’s loafers themselves are quite the opposite.Gaby Keiderling, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Jan. 2023
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This represents the loss of an idea of what the capital should represent, the removal of a place that was an idler’s haven.Anandi Mishra, The Atlantic, 30 July 2022
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After 10 years as a Ram and in the NFL, Donald called his career quits this past offseason.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Chrystia Freeland quit on Monday after Trudeau offered her a lesser position.David Ljunggren, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Europe and its growing pool of quitters The Great Resignation may have taken off in the U.S., but Europeans haven’t been spared.Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2024
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Since her comeback post-Tokyo, Biles has spoken openly about the trolls who call her a quitter.Dana O'Neil, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
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Franco Sarto Carolynn Tassel Loafers $59 at Amazon French women are masters of androgynous fashion, and there’s no better example than tassel loafers.Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024
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Spanx shirts and comfy loafers fall in the clothing category, but daily planners and travel mirrors are more versatile picks.Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
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Peyton Manning, himself no slouch as a showman, announced Belichick would be joining the Monday Night Football altcast during Netflix’s The Roast of Tom Brady.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Chapman is better defensively, though Alonso is no slouch.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Three ‘traitors’ are given the opportunity to ‘murder’ contestants, while remaining ‘faithfuls’ have to smoke them out, and the group compete in daily challenges to keep the prize fund steady.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
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Like Trump, Carlson appeals to his base by positioning himself as a class traitor—not a man of the people, exactly, but an apostate from the cosmopolitan élite.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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Scar then proceeds to desolate the kingdom, with the help of hyenas, while Simba, in exile, grows up to become a pleasure-hunting, grub-eating sluggard.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 19 July 2019
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Clearly, supervision at your job is lax, and your sluggard classmate is taking advantage of that.Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2017
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“Drop out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drop%20out. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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