Dear John letter
Britishnoun
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Maybe only on second reading do we realize that we’ve been reading a kind of Dear John letter to America.
From Los Angeles Times
On this record, “Red Eye Flight” could be a goodbye to a lover, or it could be a Dear John letter to addiction.
From Salon
But not long after Mr. Angeloni opened his account, he got his own Dear John letter.
From New York Times
On the musical “Dear John” letter, a resigned Jones sings of “folding my hand.”
From Seattle Times
Later that evening, he finally unearthed the bank’s Dear John letter: “Financial institutions have an obligation to know our customers and monitor transactions,” it said.
From New York Times
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