break off (with)

as in to leave
to end a usually intimate relationship with sincerely wants to break off with him without hurting his feelings

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  • The Lakers were already down several bodies in their frontcourt, with Christian Wood (offseason left knee surgery) and Jarred Vanderbilt (offseason feet surgery) sidelined, leaving two-way center Christian Koloko as the only available big man behind Davis.
    Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The callers reported seeing a man armed with a gun fleeing a silver sedan that was left disabled in a parking lot, authorities said.
    Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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  • Kelly apologized, but NBC dumped the show days later.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In the third quarter, Buffett’s company dumped another 100 million Apple shares, according to the Wall Street Journal, leaving Berkshire with about $70 billion worth of the iPhone maker’s stock.
    Peter Cohan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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  • Netflix ditched its $9.99 Basic ad-free tier this year, forcing people to choose between the $6.99 or $15.49 tier.
    Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The impasse left thousands of former public employees scrambling to determine whether to ditch the health insurer or risk not being allowed back to visit doctors, specialists and medical teams that some seniors have been seeing for years, if not decades.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
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  • Though there has been some rainfall in the Bay Area in the last several weeks, the amount was minimal and winds quickly followed, blowing off much of the moisture.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • For much of Saturday’s 26-21 loss to Washington, as rain fell in sheets and a freezing wind blew off Lake Washington, Lincoln Riley stuck stubbornly with his gut, testing the nation’s No. 1 pass defense by throwing into a downpour with a struggling quarterback.
    Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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