abandon
Example Sentences
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Nomura strategist Charlie McElligott says there’s no reason to abandon this market chase higher, but there may soon be.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Following the re-introduction of the sea eagle, the only other UK apex predator, Scottish farmers reported having to abandon their hill farms after the birds decimated their lamb populations.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
I didn’t want to abandon that instinct so much as … give it a little more range.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
From that point in the novel to its wrenching end, June searches for her baby with the passionate abandon of a first-time mother and the aching hunger of every mother separated from her child.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
The actual fear I have about this sneaks out in my yip: both my fear that the human will abandon me, but also Teeth, I realize.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Vocabulary lists containing abandon
Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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"The Perils of Indifference," Vocabulary from the speech
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"The Story of an Hour"
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