abandonment
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Animal abandonment is a misdemeanor charge, while animal cruelty is a so-called wobbler offense that can be charged as a misdemeanor or felony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Dürrenmatt penned “The Visit” as a critique of Switzerland’s neutrality after World War II, which he saw as an abandonment of ethics driven by capitalism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The geographic pattern has remained in place for at least 9,000 years and appears to reflect the gradual abandonment of insect eating among European populations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
"I have witnessed first-hand your feelings of anxiety, of abandonment, of lack of safety."
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Wander any graveyard long enough and you will find it—waterstained and bulging, with cracked or broken stone, scraggly grass or rank weeds about it, and a feeling, when you reach it, of abandonment.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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