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In which movie does the crew abandon their vessel after a deadly creature is discovered aboard?

abandon

[uh-ban-duhn] / əˈbæn dən /






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According to the study, this changing political environment may have made it easier for the sect to abandon its previously rigid position and adopt the more practical calendar used at the Temple.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

“What defensive back would jump that route in a playoff game, with reckless abandon? It just didn’t make sense.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Its chief executive Patrick Pouyanne has made clear it will abandon the cap if a special tax is put into place.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Paramount, as part of a settlement, could abandon plans to leave L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Somehow, I had to drag the iron monsters away from Miss Rose and get the others to abandon the ambush.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Even if Warsh’s Fed abandons that level of transparency, the minutes will still be useful for investors, according to Englander.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

"No farming community abandons fields and homes lightly," says archaeologist and co-first author Ramiro Barberena, a researcher at CONICET.

From Science Daily Mar. 21, 2026

"If the US abandons its standards, we aren't 'saving' the American auto industry; we are leaving it on an island of obsolete technology," Oge wrote in Forbes.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2026

Whereas Brontë writes Nelly as a largely passive narrator, Fennell abandons the frame narrative structure altogether and instead fashions the housekeeper into a complex character with significant control over Cathy’s life.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2026

Everyone abandons their cars and runs south, the complete opposite direction of traffic.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Later, however, the system may have been abandoned because of a fundamental astronomical problem and changing political relations with the Hasmonean leadership under Alexander Jannaeus.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

Netflix abandoned its pursuit a few days later.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

As the nation abandoned Reconstruction, a generation of politicians and historians recast Johnson as a martyr to congressional tyranny.

From Slate Sep. 16, 2026

Speers, from Bude, Cornwall, denied having items with intent to cause criminal damage and said he abandoned the idea to spray "Palestine" on the lawn by the time police approached him.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

I walked past the mill, now abandoned and silent.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Ten months after abandoning Ole Miss to coach LSU, Lane Kiffin had returned to Oxford to deal his former employer one more indignity.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

Yet if you think selling Berkshire stock means abandoning Buffett or Buffettism, think again.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

Their identities confirm that all three survived the expedition's first three years and were among the crew members who ultimately tried to escape the Arctic after abandoning the trapped ships.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Despite Infantino abandoning his proposal, the FFF said that "Fifa's governance cannot be considered resolved".

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

“Oh, puke,” Mary Anne whispered in Ben’s ear, abandoning her pen and paper since Ben was adamant about refusing to read what she had written.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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