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Previous attempts to abolish the death penalty have failed, including legislation introduced in parliament in 2004 and a proposal from the justice ministry in 2008.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The goal isn’t to abolish remote work, but to recognize that company has value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

These tolls provided up to two-thirds of the kingdom’s annual income; it took an international trade conference to finally abolish them in 1857.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

"In making that manifesto commitment to bring the leasehold system to an end, we were not promising to immediately abolish leasehold outright," he said.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

Furthermore, Article 20 states, “All Germans have the right to resist any person seeking to abolish the constitutional order, should no other remedy be possible.”

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Some of this friction is inevitable; care tasks are cyclical, after all, and no system abolishes effort entirely.

From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2026

“He founded slave-free Georgia in 1733 and, 100 years later, England abolishes slavery,” followed by the U.S. in 1865, Thurmond said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

The new version of the constitution also declares Uzbekistan a "social state" with increased welfare obligations, abolishes death penalty, establishes greater personal legal protection, and allows non-farming land ownership.

From Reuters ● Apr. 27, 2023

RIP’s model of buying debt at discount prices is especially attractive to donors because on average, every $1 donated abolishes about $100 in face value medical debt.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023

The author outlines a scheme which abolishes the drudgery and inspires the pupil with an enthusiasm for practice and formulates a method or system in which that practice may be carried out.

From The Influence of the Organ in History Inaugural Lecture of the Department of the Organ in the College of Music of Boston University by Dudley Buck

By the time Congress created the modern 10th Circuit in 1929, it had abolished circuit riding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Root warned his squad to "be adults" when he abolished the midnight curfew - in his first act as captain - that came into place after previous incidents.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

On Thursday, fan groups from clubs across the country shared co-signed statements critical of VAR and calling for the video assistant referee technology to be abolished.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Murrill told lawmakers last year that defending the state against these claims consumes an enormous amount of time and resources and that the fund should be abolished altogether.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

Tempier abolished many Aristotelian doctrines that contradicted God’s omnipotence, such as, “God can not move the heavens in a straight line, because that would leave behind a vacuum.”

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

He also infuriated colleagues in the coalition government, the British press reported, proposing a stream of unconventional ideas: scrapping maternity leave, abolishing job centers, even buying cloud-bursting technology so Britain would have more sunshine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said abolishing Healthwatch England was part of plans "to simplify the patient safety landscape".

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

On Sunday, a federal judge in Baton Rouge granted Duncan’s request for a temporary restraining order, declaring the bill abolishing the criminal court clerk position to be unconstitutional.

From Slate ● May 5, 2026

It could even reach for a nuclear option: abolishing the draft altogether, and making incoming rookies free agents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

Why weren’t they applying pressure to their representatives in Parliament to force them to enact legislation abolishing Bantu Education and to address a myriad of other black grievances?

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane