abandoning
Example Sentences
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For Scott, the journey from campaign launch to parliamentary debate has been a long and exhausting one, although one he could also not imagine abandoning.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
During the last earnings presentation, Netflix executives argued that abandoning their $82.7 billion bid for Warner Bros.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Tesla last month said it was abandoning plans to build a factory in India.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Deliberations begin Monday in the blockbuster trial pitting Elon Musk against AI giant OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, whom Musk accuses of abandoning the company's founding mission.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
While serving at a base in the Southwest, he began collecting arrowheads, a hobby that ultimately led to his abandoning geology and coming to the University of Arizona as a graduate student in archaeology.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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