abolished

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We’re fighting a society that wants to keep our work in the dark, to pretend that this isn’t happening, that it can be abolished by throwing people into prison.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

The National Leasehold Campaign said it was "realistic" and "we know leasehold cannot be abolished overnight".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

After Britain abolished slavery in 1833, those formerly enslaved continued to work the plantations as contract employees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The Ryanair aircraft will be moved to other European Union countries "that have abolished aviation taxes like Sweden, Slovakia, Albania and Italy", the company said.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 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