abandonment
Example Sentences
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The administrative-law judge ultimately denied Sleca’s petition for abandonment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
While some states still enforce these laws, they often include exceptions, including parental abandonment or failure to provide support, which would relieve the adult children of any liability.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026
She was subsequently arrested on suspicion of animal abandonment and resisting arrest.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
While fishing boats make up only a fraction of abandonment cases, overall figures for the shipping industry paint a worrying picture.
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
In it is all the anger, all the fear I felt at her abandonment.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Vocabulary lists containing abandonment
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