sign away
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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When Kate St. John, 31, started IVF in 2023, she got her husband to sign away rights to their embryos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
Just weeks after the law’s passage, the Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office drafted a waiver asking defendants accepting plea bargains to sign away the right to have this law used.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2024
“I just don’t understand why they’re trying to make us sign away rights that we have,” said Jami Wallace, who left her home after the derailment.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
Of course, the contestants sign away their privacy and hand their mental and emotional state into the hands of a masterminding producer ready to exploit the emotions of their contestants.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2023
When I finally dared to look again at the courtyard, I found that someone had tom the sign away.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
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