How to Use walk away from in a Sentence

walk away from

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  • After years in one field, a pivot can feel like walking away from everything already built.
    — Adam Broda, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Their fatal flaw, this time around, wasn’t walking away from the LeBron mandate.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
  • The name alone is enough to make some parents walk away from $1000 that belongs to their kid and will compound over years.
    — Natalie Gordon, Fortune, 6 July 2026
  • Some went as far as to say a retrial would be a waste of time and prosecutors should walk away from the case altogether.
    — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • Diguglielmo is seen initially walking away from the woman before walking back toward her.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Some observers say a retrial would be a waste of time and prosecutors should walk away from the case altogether.
    — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • The study found that 70 percent of global luxury consumers walked away from a purchase due to misaligned prices.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 7 July 2026
  • Ten years ago, the world watched the United Kingdom vote to walk away from the European Union.
    — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Kids are constantly looking for food, leaving dishes and cups around, and walking away from messes left everywhere.
    — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 29 June 2026
  • But after the video assistant referee urged him to watch a replay, Claus walked away from the monitor and flashed the red card.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • But after the video assistant referee urged him to watch a replay, Claus walked away from the monitor and flashed the red card.
    — Kevin Baxter, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026
  • There can be a reluctance to disappoint customers or walk away from a familiar part of the business, even when the economics no longer make sense.
    — Amy Powell, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • However, after the video assistant referee urged him to watch a replay, Claus walked away from the monitor and flashed a red card.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Economists have spent the past week arguing about why 720,000 people walked away from the labor force in a single month.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 8 July 2026
  • But taxpayers should not be subsidizing corporate labor costs while Washington walks away from its commitments.
    — Dave Cortese, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
  • After a break with his business partners forced him to walk away from his eponymous label 20 years ago, the veteran designer returned last year with a women’s collection.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Born into extraordinary privilege, Win walked away from the family business to build something of his own alongside his closest friend, Myron.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 6 July 2026
  • The hydration breaks alone will ensure that Fox will walk away from this year’s World Cup with a tidy profit—especially since the cost of entry ($485 million) was so low.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 8 July 2026
  • While aggressively paying off debt can make sense under certain circumstances, walking away from retirement savings altogether can create long-term costs that outweigh the short-term benefits.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • After the video assistant referee urged him to watch a replay, however, Claus walked away from the monitor and flashed the red card at Balogun, a judgment many immediately deemed overly harsh.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Builders are walking away from projects, developers are finding viability increasingly difficult, and traditional delivery models are under enormous pressure.
    — Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Thailand’s withdrawal from the maritime MOU came amid a wave of nationalist sentiment tied to that border conflict, and Bangkok’s Senate has since recommended walking away from a separate land-border agreement as well.
    — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • The summit was always going to be challenging for NATO’s European members who are facing a US president who has threatened to walk away from Europe and take over a territory that belongs to one of the allies.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • An inmate who walked away from a Nevada County work camp on Independence Day was captured in Tijuana by Mexican authorities, said state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials on Monday.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026

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