abstain
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Abstain: The science behind the dreaded red wine headache.
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2023
“It wasn’t about Timothy,” the student behind the Abstain campaign told me.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2014
After that nothing but approving votes were heard until Siam's Assemblyman softly murmured "Abstain."
From Time Magazine Archive
This of course doesn't mean that the traditional prevention approaches � Abstain, Be Faithful and Use condoms, � shouldn't still be a cornerstone of any responsible HIV-AIDS program.
From Time Magazine Archive
God fashion'd thee of chosen clay For service, nor did ever say, "Deny thee this," "Abstain from yon," But to inure thee, thew and bone.
From The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q" by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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