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abandonment

noun as in forsaking

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noun as in abdication

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"The biggest surprise for me was that the abandonment of cities occurred under improving climatic conditions," Kennett noted.

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One of the affected neighborhoods is Jabriyat, a wealthy area overlooking the camp that has the feel of a ghost town, where villas bear the dusty patina of abandonment.

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As is the case for Papayo's mother, the lack of closure and feeling of abandonment by the police fuels fear and terror in poor communities like Makeni.

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What’s different now, she says, is the abandonment of even that narrow framing.

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He pushed for a smaller balance sheet, lower rates, and the abandonment of what he described as the Fed’s outdated belief that strong growth drives inflation.

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