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abandon

[uh-ban-duhn] / əˈbæn dən /






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The San Francisco Chronicle and CNN last week published allegations by several women about Swalwell's conduct, leading his most prominent backers to abandon him.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Last month, the state public-service commission ruled Sleca could abandon 158 customers, including the Boss family, but sent the case over the remaining 124 back to an administrative law judge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 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

Somehow, I had to drag the iron monsters away from Miss Rose and get the others to abandon the ambush.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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