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"We are parting ways with Chris, and he will no longer be a part of the team," Frank said.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

At the last station on the line, soldier Andrii and his girlfriend Polina are parting after an all-too-brief time together.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

“Andrew Tulloch and Thinking Machines Lab are parting ways. Andrew has decided to pursue a different path for personal reasons,” a spokeswoman for Thinking Machines Lab said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

The shooting happened, she noted, at a time of year when young bears are parting from their mothers and learning to live on their own.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2024

Thanks to Global Positioning Systems we can see that Europe and North America are parting at about the speed a fingernail grows–roughly two yards in a human lifetime.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson