be abandoned

Example Sentences

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Researchers stress that these hybrid bees are not completely free of mites, and current management practices should not be abandoned.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

Others are concerned the turbines might be abandoned, leaving them with ocean “tombstones.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

"We want to go home, but if we go home without money, then what? We've been working ourselves to the bone out at sea. How can we just be abandoned like that?"

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Officials said the message had left Downing Street correctly but blamed an error in transmission and suggested telegrams should be abandoned altogether.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

If a hideaway had to be abandoned, as happened all the time, who would coordinate the move to another address?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom