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abandon

[uh-ban-duhn] / əˈbæn dən /






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Meanwhile, it is rumored there will soon be a new sign posted on our country’s borders: Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here!

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2025

Awad was joined by Khalid Turaani, one of the organizers of the Abandon Biden movement.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024

Ajna Jusic, who was born of rape during the war, carried a placard reading "Stop the War, Don't Abandon Ukraine as You Abandoned Bosnia and Herzegovina".

From Reuters • Feb. 25, 2022

"Abandon ship, Steve. Go back to the four."

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2020

Or, more likely, Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs




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