How to Use jump ship in a Sentence
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But others are clearly skeptical, or clearly looking to jump ship.
—Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
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As costs shift, some employees may ditch health care benefits altogether or potentially jump ship.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
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Allies and advisers have also jumped ship, unable to retain support in FIFA’s beleaguered leader.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
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Ahead of OpenAI preparing to launch its first hardware products, yet another senior Apple hardware executive has jumped ship.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 28 June 2026
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And an overture from an ABC exec (Jessica Hecht) to Andie to jump ship represents another kind of unsettling grooming.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
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Fortich has already considered leaving the profession — or jumping ship to teach in closer-to-home Lee County, but her job security from so many years in the Miami-Dade County school district has anchored her here.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
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At the same time, May’s JOLTS data didn’t show a significant shift in layoffs or the number of people voluntarily quitting their jobs (an indicator that workers aren’t yet confident enough in the labor market to jump ship).
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
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Longtime United Launch Alliance President and CEO Tory Bruno jumped ship right before Christmas last year, moving on to work with Blue Origin.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2026
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Panicked Jewish Democrats in Michigan are threatening to jump ship and vote Republican if anti-Israel candidate Abdul El-Sayed wins the party's Senate primary.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
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