as in to dump
to end a usually intimate relationship with
still trying to get over being jilted by his longtime girlfriend
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Recent Examples of jilt
Once-loyal customers felt confused and jilted—and sales never recovered.
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Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 28 May 2024
And a bride with cold feet is now a groom trying not to jilt his husband-to-be at the altar.
—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
The Porterville establishment, which said it had been jilted by the comic last month after a medical emergency, has apologized to its patrons and again had to offer its 1,800 Lopez show attendees refunds and free tickets.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
Bloomington audiences weren't the only ones feeling jilted at the time.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2024
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Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 28 May 2024
And a bride with cold feet is now a groom trying not to jilt his husband-to-be at the altar.
—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
The Porterville establishment, which said it had been jilted by the comic last month after a medical emergency, has apologized to its patrons and again had to offer its 1,800 Lopez show attendees refunds and free tickets.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
Bloomington audiences weren't the only ones feeling jilted at the time.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2024
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The sisters throw the near-dead Ian into the car trunk to dump his body into the dark sea off a nearby cliff.Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Politics Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency Dec. 12, 2024 The pair drove to the New Melones reservoir near Yosemite to dump the bodies.Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Bruce found his bloody arrow, then left the area and walked to a barn to wait for his dad before tracking the deer.Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 20 Dec. 2024
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This technique gives patients results that look natural, offers a speedier recovery, and leaves fewer scars.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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And the choice to ditch the strobe effect that ages the cast into adults feels unnecessary.Dave Quinn, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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After ditching President Florentino Perez twice at the altar in 2017 and 2022, Mbappe finally decided to let his PSG contract run down this summer and subsequently join the 15-time Champions League winners.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Jilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jilt. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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