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be abandoned

VERB
stray
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deviate drift err meander roam swerve
STRONG
gad gallivant ramble range rove straggle traipse turn
WEAK
be lost go all over the map go amiss go astray lose one's way wander away wander off
Antonyms
STRONG
be direct
WEAK
go direct remain stay

Example Sentences

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Researchers stress that these hybrid bees are not completely free of mites, and current management practices should not be abandoned.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

"We want to go home, but if we go home without money, then what? We've been working ourselves to the bone out at sea. How can we just be abandoned like that?"

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Skeptics say the investment pledges underpinning the agreements are often built on existing investment plans and could easily be abandoned without consequence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

This shift will mean higher construction costs for developers, with some social housing projects likely to be abandoned or delayed, according to the Northern Ireland Federation for Housing Associations.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

I myself believed precisely the opposite: that nonviolence was a tactic that should be abandoned when it no longer worked.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela