abandon
Example Sentences
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Colonies may ignore the bait or abandon it before it spreads widely.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
If it doesn’t reopen, the pressure on both Waller and his dovish colleagues to abandon their rate-cutting plans will likely grow.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
Americans remain among the world’s leaders in per capita meat consumption, and even our vegetarians tend to abandon their abstinence sooner or later.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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
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
Vocabulary lists containing abandon
Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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"The Story of an Hour"
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