abandon
Example Sentences
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If America were to abandon its insistence on secure navigation in international waters, it would reverse U.S. foreign and security policy since the maritime Quasi-War with France in 1798.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
I didn’t want to abandon that instinct so much as … give it a little more range.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
“Government bonds are rallying as inflation worries fade and markets begin to abandon bets on further central bank rate hikes,” said Kallum Pickering, chief economist at Peel Hunt.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
But, he says, that doesn’t mean investors should abandon the AI trade entirely—they just need to think of it differently.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Koffi had had the same chance to abandon him in Anatsou’s meadow; he wouldn’t abandon her.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Vocabulary lists containing abandon
Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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"The Perils of Indifference," Vocabulary from the speech
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"The Story of an Hour"
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