abandoned
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Lately, car makers have abandoned cheap models and gone all in on loaded pickup trucks and luxury sport-utility vehicles, so average dealership prices have topped $50,000.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Typically, population declines and aging housing stock conjure visions of Rust Belt decay, where land loses value and abandoned homes sell for next to nothing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
"Massive volumes of litter, tents, towels, clothes, a gazebo frame, bottles, cans, millions of wet wipes and endless beach toys were abandoned on the sand."
From BBC • May 27, 2026
The counterfactual question—what might have happened if France had not abandoned the National Convention’s vision of a trans-Atlantic, multiracial polity?—can never be answered.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The lobby appeared abandoned, but it was impossible to see much of anything in the complete dark.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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