abandoned
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"The Bergstrom site presented a puzzle because it was used intermittently and abandoned when bison were common throughout the region and hunting was intense," Wendt explained.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
Rebuilding a party after its own leaders have abandoned it may be quite another.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
China's communist government abandoned its decades-long one-child policy in 2016, while Japan and South Korea have invested heavily in pro-natal policies with little impact.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The company announced plans to build a new line in 2019, but abandoned them a couple of years later.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
But somehow, she looked like the generous one, reaching out to the loser who’d abandoned her.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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