abandonment
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Instead, the evidence pointed to repeated severe droughts that affected the region both before and after the site's final abandonment.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
“GAS STATION” pairs a frenetic synth melody reminiscent of Crystal Castles with lyrics about abandonment.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
Impacciatore: If there is that moment where we can break, there is a real abandonment and there is a real freedom ...
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
The ITF defines abandonment as cases where shipowners walk away from crews, leaving them unpaid, stranded, and without essentials such as food, water or medical care.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Once he opened Melquíades' room, looking for the traces of a past from before the war, and he found only rubble, trash, piles of waste accumulated over all the years of abandonment.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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