abandon
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Company owner Tatiana Kim has promised "not to abandon" the sellers, and she has offered temporary discounts and waived shipment fees, but this has done little to calm fears of further attacks.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Without support from ethnic minority armies, he predicted loosely organised PDFs would agree to truces or abandon the democratic cause to become "localised warlords" -- or "be wiped out".
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
To be fair, it isn’t obvious voters are ready to abandon the perceived protections of today’s regulations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
“Hoping it’s a better-late-than-never situation,” Ader wrote of the decision to abandon his bullish call now.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Should he abandon his own tree and try to swim back to Abby?
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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The Justice Department rarely abandons cases that have already been charged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Unless the Fed abandons that risk-management framework, focusing on a narrower inflation measure would not materially change policy if inflation risks are skewed one way or another.
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 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
"It abandons Wales to a private only system no-one here, in all conscience, would design," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
But Enrique never abandons his promise to study.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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Officers said the driver abandoned his car in Los Alamitos and fled on foot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
In a slowly emptying village in northern Kazakhstan, wild grass engulfed the entrances of abandoned apartment blocks, as children's songs spilled into the street from the only building still occupied.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
“If you tell me: ‘my family had a sugar mill,’ chances are all you’re going to get is chunks of rusted iron in an abandoned field.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
A marmoset monkey has been rescued by animal welfare officers after being found abandoned inside a laundry bag on a bus in north-west London.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
All the power I had felt just hours before had abandoned me.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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The process has never been tested, and right now former state Rep. Charles Booker, a Democrat, and GOP Rep. Andy Barr are squaring off for the seat McConnell is abandoning.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
For now, many of the Silverado families are trying to figure out their next steps — and aren’t abandoning hope that something can be done to save the care home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
But we can’t do this by abandoning capitalism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
"Even though I am leaving the national team, I am not abandoning Korean football altogether," Hong said.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
He thought that abandoning their canoes and trekking through the jungle was a terrible idea.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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