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desertion

noun as in abandonment

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This clueless performance will lead to a completely empty Rose Bowl and eventual desertion of NIL sponsors.

Paxton accused the Democrats of “a cowardly desertion of their responsibilities as elected officials.”

He is on trial on charges of desertion, and is one of many.

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The action hinges largely on disappointments, betrayals, desertions that already happened, an offscreen past often referred to but never shown.

Soldiers are underpaid, under-equipped and often have poor morale, with desertion having long been an issue.

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