| Breaks up |
Wall Street Journal |
01 May 2021 |
| Cancels a project |
Newsday |
04 Mar 2021 |
| Breaks things off |
New York Times |
10 Feb 2021 |
| Sends a Dear John letter, say |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Feb 2021 |
| Breaks off a relationship |
USA Today |
29 Jan 2021 |
| Sends a "Dear John" |
The New Yorker |
27 May 2019 |
| Says goodbye to a lover |
New York Times |
03 Aug 2018 |
| Breaks up a relationship |
USA Today |
26 Jun 2018 |
| Sends a breakup text, say (tsk!) |
New York Times |
10 Jun 2018 |
| Calls off a project |
Newsday |
27 May 2018 |
| Says 'You and I are done,' e.g |
New York Times |
05 Sep 2017 |
| Writes a Dear John letter, say |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2017 |
| Says "You and I are done," e.g. |
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| Splits up |
The Washington Post |
20 Nov 2016 |
| Sends a 'Dear John' letter, perhaps |
The Washington Post |
30 Aug 2016 |
| Breaks off a romantic relationship |
New York Times |
02 May 2016 |
| Calls the whole thing off |
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| Throws him out, say |
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| Breaks up with a lover |
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| Admits defeat |
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| Writes John a letter? |
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| Calls things off |
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| Gives back the engagement ring, e.g. |
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| Breaks up, informally |
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| Stops going out |
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| Calls off the romance |
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| Rings down the curtain |
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| Finishes, as a relationship |
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