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In which movie does the crew abandon their vessel after a deadly creature is discovered aboard?

abandon

[uh-ban-duhn] / əˈbæn dən /






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Its chief executive Patrick Pouyanne has made clear it will abandon the cap if a special tax is put into place.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Such weather extremes may have caused queens to abandon their nests or die, reducing the initial spring queen bounty to a more modest population.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

But Adhikari didn’t want to abandon his post, said his brother, Tuka Nath Adhikari, a high-school science teacher.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

The pinniped pup looked around quizzically with large, black eyes before lumbering into the surf with abandon — as only the young can.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

But I couldn’t just abandon everyone else I cared about, everything I knew, everything I could help with.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

German and French long-dated yields hit their highest closing levels since 2011 and 2008, respectively, while Japanese yields approached all-time highs as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi abandons years of fiscal restraint.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

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 May 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 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 Feb. 13, 2026

Like a child touched by tragedy, who grows up suddenly and abandons his playthings, Chacko dumped his toys.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

As the nation abandoned Reconstruction, a generation of politicians and historians recast Johnson as a martyr to congressional tyranny.

From Slate Sep. 16, 2026

The project was abandoned three years later as the number of asylum seekers fell and the cost ballooned.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

In other words, investors have statements about safety — but no canceled equipment orders, abandoned data centers or revised spending forecasts.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

"We feel abandoned, and we believe this march is a way to express that, despite the passage of time, we have not normalized the violence and we want peace."

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

They looked down at an abandoned fishing cabin but saw no sign of life.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

In April 1917, the German submarine UC-30 was making its way through waters near Rømø after abandoning a mission to Ireland because of engine problems.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

Additionally, McVay went to his usual bag of tricks, abandoning a successful running attack in favor of a tired and rusty Matt Stafford passing incessantly, being harassed and ineffective.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

Police were on Tuesday hunting for two thieves who escaped with two Renoir paintings from a museum in southern France, after abandoning two others in its garden as they fled, a mayor said.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

But some retailers began abandoning certain product lines after grappling with product shortages and overstocks during the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

By two o’clock, Reynie was abandoning his last letter to Miss Perumal, starting over, then abandoning the new one as well—too anxious even to think about being anxious.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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