abandoned
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“It is absolutely inexcusable that residents on Babcock Avenue have been living next to this abandoned, unsecured private property for years,” Raman said in the statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
In 2006, a Test between England and Pakistan at The Oval was abandoned after the visitors were accused of ball tampering.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The program is rooted in a childhood of poverty and illiteracy — roots that those who knew Parton said she never denied or abandoned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The town’s slow work was getting the legal right to bulldoze capital that ownership had abandoned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Leah and company found the Fox cottage, which she called “the haunted house,” abandoned.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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