abandoned
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The Louvre, the seat of French kings until Louis XIV abandoned it for Versailles in the late 1600s, now receives around nine million visitors a year.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
A former British soldier sentenced to 15 years in a maximum-security Russian prison colony has told the BBC he feels abandoned by the UK government.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
His proposed ballroom “represents another way this presidency has abandoned its imperative of projecting modesty, openness, and stability,” the architect and historian Neil Flanagan complained in the Atlantic this month.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
Kinder Morgan, which originally led the expansion, abandoned the project, citing regulatory risk.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
I thought Zoe had abandoned me for the longest time, and I wondered why I wasn’t good enough for her.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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