abandonment
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The geographic pattern has remained in place for at least 9,000 years and appears to reflect the gradual abandonment of insect eating among European populations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
"I have witnessed first-hand your feelings of anxiety, of abandonment, of lack of safety."
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
It has emerged from decades of fire suppression, the abandonment of rural landscapes, shifts in agricultural policy, growing human ignition sources and increasingly dangerous fire weather.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
And then we see this shift in him, and ultimately abandonment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
And yet, at the same time—and this is key—no other sport demands and rewards the complete abandonment of the self the way that rowing does.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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