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In which movie does the crew abandon their vessel after a deadly creature is discovered aboard?

abandon

[uh-ban-duhn] / Ι™ΛˆbΓ¦n dΙ™n /






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But investors don’t need to abandon tech names — in fact, bailing on the sector now could prove to be an expensive mistake, especially as a valuation reset provides cheap entry points.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Investors shouldn’t abandon bonds, but instead focus on those with shorter maturities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

In 1996, when Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan asked owner Peter O’Malley to abandon his plan to build an NFL stadium in the Dodger Stadium parking lot, O’Malley stood down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

As a result, he has had to abandon his longtime dream of passing on the 400-acre farm he owns to his daughter.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The boyish abandon of that stout man was charming to behold, for though he ‘carried weight’, he danced like an India-rubber ball.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

The Justice Department rarely abandons cases that have already been charged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The chip abandons the standard method of spreading light into a rainbow.

From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026

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

"If the US abandons its standards, we aren't 'saving' the American auto industry; we are leaving it on an island of obsolete technology," Oge wrote in Forbes.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

The hapless rowboat circles the pole in the growing whirlpool and the pitch holding together its copper planks abandons it, spilling into the water like an oil slick.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

With character recognition rates ranging between 88 and 94 percent, the project has revealed information about the cathedral's daily life, its building work, its staff and the care of abandoned children.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The abandoned Romanesque Revival-style building has been the source of numerous complaints to the city’s Department of Building and Safety since the initial fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Zakhavko’s husband began scavenging for food in abandoned apartments early this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

The remaining residents live off vegetables they grow in their gardens, soups of boiled weeds and cans of food they scavenge from bombed-out, abandoned homes around this city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

As much as it broke his heart to be abandoned, Owen understood.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Leaving the UK behind has not meant abandoning education, Dani stressed.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

In his closing arguments, prosecutor Patricio Ferrai said that defendants' "chaotic organization" left the ailing player "in a helpless situation, abandoning him to his fate."

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Warsh appears to be adjusting the same way, by refining his approach rather than abandoning it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

“I’m getting a lot of emails from people saying that ‘we’re abandoning Metrolink.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

His own mother had fallen to pieces when his father died, abandoning the house he grew up in and moving back to Calcutta, leaving Shukumar to setde it all.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri


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