be abandoned
Example Sentences
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Other California leaders expressed outrage and demanded the Postal Service plans be abandoned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The one tax base that isn’t mobile is land, but even land, if too heavily taxed, will be abandoned rather than being developed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Human Rights Watch recommended the bill be abandoned, in a formal a submission to the constitutional and legal affairs committee scrutinising the legislation in the capital Accra.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
We may live in an increasingly lawless society, but that doesn’t mean all significance should be abandoned at will.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
It looks to be abandoned, the second-floor windows covered in a thick layer of dirt.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
