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Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
Indeed, Trump Media has lost about half of its market value since President Joe Biden dropped out and endorsed Harris on July 21.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
Judy Berman, TIME, 28 June 2024
Fraser-Pryce, long the standard-bearer for the event after winning Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012, bronze in 2016 and silver in 2021, did not start the race, a dropout that was not revealed publicly until her competitors stepped up to their starting blocks.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2024
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Verb
Between the lines: Former president Donald Trump held a rally in Charlotte shortly after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
Indeed, Trump Media has lost about half of its market value since President Joe Biden dropped out and endorsed Harris on July 21.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
Noun
Our heroine is Osha (Amandla Stenberg), a young Jedi-Knight-training dropout who is apprehended for a murder that was actually committed by a twin sister, Mae (also Stenberg), whom Osha had long believed to be dead.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 28 June 2024
Fraser-Pryce, long the standard-bearer for the event after winning Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012, bronze in 2016 and silver in 2021, did not start the race, a dropout that was not revealed publicly until her competitors stepped up to their starting blocks.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2024
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“Drop out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drop%20out. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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