abandon
Example Sentences
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But inside the ruins of a mosque, a restoration crew is hard at work rebuilding this piece of Suakin, over a century after the city was abandoned.
From Barron's
But holding on can be excruciating when everyone else is abandoning ship.
In Pavlohrad, about 40 miles from the front, we found families dazed after evacuating, abandoning everything, with no idea whether they'll ever go back.
From BBC
The canine, called Floyd, appears to be thriving on The Rock - renowned for its abandoned prison - and getting by on an avian diet.
From BBC
Warsh believes monetary policy should involve analysis of the size of the money supply, an economic philosophy long ago abandoned by the Fed on the grounds it doesn’t predict changes in interest rates.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
