abandonment
Example Sentences
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But in another sense it was the culmination of a slow, torturous process of resignations, abandonments and ever-worsening news, capped by the return to Parliament of former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, Starmer’s principal intra-party rival.
From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026
Turkey was the country where most abandonments took place, accounting for 61 cases last year.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
It accumulates in small abandonments of responsibility and mutual respect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
"In March alone, we received 1,517 reports about abandonments - up from 1,429 for the same month last year; a rise of 6%," it said.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2023
They growled words that made no sense, echoes of all the hurts and insults, the dinners gone to waste, the women, the abandonments.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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