abandon
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Section 301 allows a president to tariff as a targeted economic diplomacy measure to induce a foreign government to abandon a particular practice.
From Slate β Aug. 27, 2026
It has survived wars and upheavals, but the famed handwoven Kashmir carpet industry is now battling a steady decline as younger generations abandon the painstaking craft.
From Barron's β Aug. 27, 2026
He said he was forced to abandon the procedure and was discharged without adequate pain medication.
From BBC β Aug. 23, 2026
We must also abandon the illusion that this war can be brought to a sudden end or that peace will arrive quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 23, 2026
But Klava and Galya didn’t yet dare to abandon their flaming aircraft.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Unless the Fed abandons that risk-management framework, focusing on a narrower inflation measure would not materially change policy if inflation risks are skewed one way or another.
From MarketWatch β May 22, 2026
She abandons her academic and career ambitions, takes a job as a court interpreter, and marries Michael, an affable nurse who has little idea of her emotional burdens.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 22, 2026
"No farming community abandons fields and homes lightly," says archaeologist and co-first author Ramiro Barberena, a researcher at CONICET.
From Science Daily β Mar. 21, 2026
"If the US abandons its standards, we aren't 'saving' the American auto industry; we are leaving it on an island of obsolete technology," Oge wrote in Forbes.
From BBC β Feb. 13, 2026
One army abandons the field almost immediately after the first blow has been struck; its opponents declare victory and are rapidly joined by deserters from the other side.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
In 2006, a Test between England and Pakistan at The Oval was abandoned after the visitors were accused of ball tampering.
From BBC β Aug. 28, 2026
On Saturday, residents of this wind-beaten volcanic island in the North Atlantic will vote on whether to restart membership negotiations with the bloc, a process Reykjavík abandoned over a decade ago.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 28, 2026
Homeless encampments, piles of trash, vermin, and car break-ins have bedeviled the 4000 block of Babcock Avenue in Studio City since the property was abandoned, said neighbor Clint Ledsworth.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 28, 2026
The program is rooted in a childhood of poverty and illiteracy — roots that those who knew Parton said she never denied or abandoned.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 26, 2026
But judging from its appearance, it had been abandoned years ago.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Americans are abandoning the belief that smarts and effort are the best ways to get ahead in life, according to new research, underscoring the pessimism many people have about their chances at financial success.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 28, 2026
According to one former CIA officer, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity, the group is one of the few institutions in Cuba's government with an interest in abandoning the decades-old communist economic model.
From Barron's β Aug. 6, 2026
Many young people have left rural communities to work in towns and cities, abandoning farmland that historically provided some of the best protection against fires.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 29, 2026
But he was found not guilty of criminal damage - the charge that related to abandoning the carcasses.
From BBC β Jul. 25, 2026
“May I ask why you are abandoning your education?” said Mrs. Weasley.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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