abandon

Example Sentences

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This injury also may have caused his mother to abandon him.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

A number of Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxis froze in the middle of traffic in a major Chinese city, forcing passengers to abandon the vehicles, and raising questions over the safety of self-driving cars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

He was about to abandon a Q+A session afterwards when the first comment came.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

If the customer wanted cool, Jacobs would be their shepherd, skipping hand-in-hand with them into the future with abandon.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Other board games, such as Trouble and Sorry, were also problematic: If a touch of bad luck stymied his plans, he became angry and would abandon the game.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady