abandoned

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The Louvre, the seat of French kings until Louis XIV abandoned it for Versailles in the late 1600s, now receives around nine million visitors a year.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

His proposed ballroom “represents another way this presidency has abandoned its imperative of projecting modesty, openness, and stability,” the architect and historian Neil Flanagan complained in the Atlantic this month.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

The search and rescue team said it had covered "coastal paths, river banks, woodland, abandoned buildings, field systems and streets".

From BBC • May 17, 2026

In many stretches, you’d be hard-pressed to stroll along the banks of the San Gabriel or Los Angeles rivers without meeting abandoned water bottles, candy wrappers, golf balls, sad-looking teddy bears, even shopping carts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 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