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Recent Examples of drop out
Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
But he was forced to drop out due to filming Sam Mendes‘ Beatles anthology.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
This individualized approach keeps learners engaged, helps them master concepts more effectively, and reduces the dropout rate.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Hollywood Reporter was first to report last month that Scott said at a Gladiator II screening that Mescal would likely drop out of reteaming with him in The Dog Stars due to the actor being busy with Sony’s four-film Beatles project.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
But he was forced to drop out due to filming Sam Mendes‘ Beatles anthology.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
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The organization began in 2005 after San Jose teacher Charles Schmuck became concerned by the high college dropout rate of first-generation, low-income youth from San Mateo County and the Mid-Peninsula area.
—Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
This individualized approach keeps learners engaged, helps them master concepts more effectively, and reduces the dropout rate.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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The polling data follows the Biden administration in December withdrawing a proposal to prohibit public school districts from implementing blanket bans on transgender athletes competing based on gender identity.Kristina Watrobski, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2025
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This decision resulted in approximately 625 million acres of federal waters being withdrawn from energy exploration, which may require an act of Congress to reverse.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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His discoveries promise to upset the gaming tables of every school of thought that wagers on new and untested art for idlers’ rewards: the love of novelty, the will to make or unmake reputations, the wish to be hip or au courant.Mark Greif, Harper's Magazine, 26 July 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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The report also found that although cases of lung cancer declined overall from 2012 to 2021, the decrease was slower in women — most likely because women were slower to take up heavy smoking and slower to quit, said Dr. William Dahut, chief scientific officer for the American Cancer Society.Aria Bendix, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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In the case of lung cancer, which is predominantly driven by tobacco use, the shift in cancer incidence may be due to changes in peak tobacco use among women, who were more likely to start smoking later in life and were slower to quit, ACS chief scientific officer William Dahut said.Tina Reed, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
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So maybe Miami’s best player and three-time captain is a quitter too.Tim Graham, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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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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This New Year, style yours with Mango’s classic camel coat, Maria McManus’s cozy, but chic cashmere hoodie, and a pair of soft-toe suede loafers from Reformation.Laura Jackson, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
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Blanco, meanwhile, wore an all-white boucle-like textured suit and a lace mock turtleneck paired with brown loafers.Escher Walcott, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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And while the Eagles have the edge on the ground with Barkley, the Packers' running back Josh Jacobs is no slouch.Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
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At the other end of the court, Boise State is no slouch defensively, limiting foes to just 65.9 points, but will have its hands full trying to limit the Aggies.Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 10 Jan. 2025
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The remaining players will therefore have to rely on their instincts to know whether there is still a traitor left in the game.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2025
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Dumitrescu The Treachery of Translation Three novels explore the idea of translators as traitors to themselves.Justin Salhani, The Dial, 19 Dec. 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 Jan. 2025.
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