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Later on Friday, Nike said its chief innovation officer, Tony Bignell, was departing the company “to pursue his creative and philanthropic passions.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Fortune Brands earlier this month announced that CEO Nicholas Fink was departing to pursue another leadership opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

In a post on Meta's Facebook on Thursday, Sir Nick, a former leader of the Liberal Democrats, said he was departing the company after nearly seven years.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2025

Friday, air traffic controllers directed a chartered flight that had just arrived from Spokane, Wash., to hold short of crossing a runway where a second plane was departing, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

The pestilence was departing; the professors and students were returning.

From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle