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abandon

[uh-ban-duhn] / əˈbæn dən /






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Authorities are pressuring companies to abandon foreign structures and incorporate locally.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

When temperatures rise, the females abandon their pups to hunt for food, he explained.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

The diversions mark the latest redrawing of global oil flows after months of war have forced producers, traders and shipowners to abandon familiar routes for ever costlier detours.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Typically riders would abandon the Tour in that kind of condition to avoid causing further illness, but Yates' tenacity did not go unnoticed.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

The ancestors were as much a part of the family as the children, and to abandon them would have been wicked beyond belief.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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

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 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 Mar. 21, 2026

"It abandons Wales to a private only system no-one here, in all conscience, would design," he said.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

Everyone abandons their cars and runs south, the complete opposite direction of traffic.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

He said repeatedly that the Justice Department had abandoned the fund, but Cornyn said he wasn’t persuaded.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

While they aren’t angry about the coyotes, residents say they want the city to do something about the abandoned site.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Net profit in the April-June period slumped 70 percent to £435 million compared with the 2025 second quarter after the company abandoned a chronic cough treatment, GSK said in an earnings statement.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

A picture of the abandoned Tesla was used as the artwork for I Did It, which has subsequently been removed from Apple Music.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

“As sure as I can be. On the outer bank, I don’t see any abandoned wagons.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

But he was found not guilty of criminal damage - the charge that related to abandoning the carcasses.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

The research doesn’t suggest abandoning the traditional 70% to 80% income-replacement rule.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

The process has never been tested, and right now former state Rep. Charles Booker, a Democrat, and GOP Rep. Andy Barr are squaring off for the seat McConnell is abandoning.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

Such is the level of stress that Strategy’s turnaround plan, unveiled Monday, includes abandoning Saylor’s mantra: “Never sell your Bitcoin.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

She cared about this family, and this farm, and now she was abandoning them.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown




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