abolish
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"It is obvious that trust is eroding, both inside and outside the NPT," Seth Shelden of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, told AFP.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Activist Jamie Moyes, who campaigns with the group Abolish Salmon Farming, said the incident was "nothing new" and locals see blood in the river "all the time".
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2024
Daniel Högsta, interim executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, called the G-7 countreis’ statement a “gross failure of global leadership.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2023
A billboard mounted on the museum’s west facade lists a series of words, including Amend, Abolish, Redress, Repair, Unionize — actions that activists say need to be done to address racial disparities.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022
Abolish the apostrophe and it will be necessary, before the hour is up, to reinvent it.
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
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