Dear John letter
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But not long after Mr. Angeloni opened his account, he got his own Dear John letter.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2023
Did anybody else find it terribly coincidental that Urban Meyer got a Dear John letter from the Jaguars on college football’s National Letter of Intent Day?
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
Saltzman was already on a spiritual quest in the country when he was wrecked by a Dear John letter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2020
She wrote me a Dear John letter – which she left on the flea market dresser where the tea service had been — but took the ring.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2013
I had been right about her writing him a Dear John letter, and it really messed him up.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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