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And we absolutely need to abolish the concept that going to a concert alone is any kind of abnormal or undesirable behavior.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

It has also rejected proposals to abolish taasib, a rule that can require female orphans without brothers to share their inheritance with male relatives, including distant ones.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

He sought to create a selfless “New Man” and tried to abolish money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Lebanon's parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, a move that would make it the first country in the Middle East to formally end capital punishment.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The knife was good for cutting between worlds, but it couldn’t abolish distance within them.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

"So if there were laws in our statute book in 1994, the constitution explicitly says they remain in force until parliament repeals them, abolishes them or changes them," he adds.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Some of this friction is inevitable; care tasks are cyclical, after all, and no system abolishes effort entirely.

From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2026

The new version of the constitution also declares Uzbekistan a "social state" with increased welfare obligations, abolishes death penalty, establishes greater personal legal protection, and allows non-farming land ownership.

From Reuters ● Apr. 27, 2023

Another new Maryland law abolishes life without parole sentences for juveniles, making Maryland law consistent with statutes enacted in the District and about 20 states.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2021

But now comes man and overthrows this state of nature, abolishes the competitive struggle, and changes at his own insolent will both his environment and his reaction thereto.

From The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair

Italy abolished the death penalty and prohibits extradition to countries where a defendant may face the death penalty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The program comes days after the Supreme Court abolished limits on the purchase of rural land by foreigners.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Every coin America has ever abolished, from the half-cent in 1857 forward, died the same way.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Uganda abolished its traditional kingdoms in 1967, but they were restored in the 1990s under President Museveni.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

He could not of course know—for he, Napoleon, was only now for the first time announcing it—that the name “Animal Farm” had been abolished.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

But he’s inadvertently making a case for abolishing executions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Interviewed on BBC Radio Wales Breakfast on Friday, Ruth Jones dismissed the idea of abolishing it.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

When Watters pressed him about abolishing ICE, he did not surrender the moral argument or get stuck in a defensive loop.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

It recommended abolishing a scheme that allows people to retire early at 63, and expanding compulsory pension contributions to include civil servants and self-employed workers.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

The efforts to dig a channel for Might had failed, even when it was turned to the spirit and now he was feeling his way towards abolishing it.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White