abandoned
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Vines snaked through broken windows on abandoned buildings, street after street.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Mr. Stannard eventually abandoned the idea because, as he wrote, “this would be to define her artificially.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The post was made by Sia Barbi in collaboration with animal rescue group Stray Cat Alliance after the cat had been abandoned at the Hancock Park home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
In February, Netflix abandoned an effort to buy Warner Bros.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
A church group invited me to speak to a hundred families living in an abandoned factory building.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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