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These tolls provided up to two-thirds of the kingdom’s annual income; it took an international trade conference to finally abolish them in 1857.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

The union also wanted Samsung to abolish a bonus cap of 50% of annual salaries and allocate 15% of annual operating profit to a bonus pool distributed to workers.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

Legislation is needed to deliver Health Secretary Wes Streeting's commitment to abolish NHS England, and to implement some of the commitments in his 10 Year Health Plan.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

And some lawmakers in North Carolina seek to follow suit: A bill introduced in the state Senate last spring seeks to abolish both homewrecker laws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

Lincoln set a new standard for political oratory, but he didn’t abolish what went before—and the high style is still visible in Lincoln’s successors.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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

"It simply abolishes what we already have," Prof Sampson told BBC News.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2023

The new law erodes the effects of single family zoning, he said, "but it in no way overrides or abolishes it."

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2021

Brous called for “a new America that finally abolishes the heresy of white supremacy and enlists all of us in dismantling racism and lifting up a theology of radical equality.”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2021

The law is that marriage abolishes all past wills. 

From The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens by W. Robertson Nicoll

On Thursday, fan groups from clubs across the country shared co-signed statements critical of VAR and calling for the video assistant referee technology to be abolished.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Roosevelt, a football enthusiast who feared the game might be abolished, summoned leaders from the college football powerhouses of the day—Harvard, Yale and Princeton—to the White House and demanded reform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

“No, I don’t think Thanksgiving should be abolished, but let me tell you more about how groceries should be cheaper.”

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

The Schengen Area is a system of open borders spanning 29 European countries that have abolished controls at their common borders.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

While states in the North abolished it, the South considered slave labor to be essential to its economic success.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

He also infuriated colleagues in the coalition government, the British press reported, proposing a stream of unconventional ideas: scrapping maternity leave, abolishing job centers, even buying cloud-bursting technology so Britain would have more sunshine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said abolishing Healthwatch England was part of plans "to simplify the patient safety landscape".

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Lincoln may be best known for saving the Union and abolishing slavery, but “Boss Lincoln” contends that “party organization” was “Lincoln’s life’s work.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

Both leaders came with lofty goals, yet discussed methodical steps that included a 50 percent cut in strategic nuclear arms, with the ultimate target of abolishing the entire global nuclear stockpile by the year 2000.

From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2026

The group collected four hundred thousand signatures from women who supported the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling