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
A couple attempting to walk the coastline of mainland Great Britain plan to re-start their journey after their first attempt had to be abandoned when one of them suffered an injury.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
“When she comes back,” my mom said, “she’s going to be devastated. To be abandoned like that! Shut out when you most need to be loved.”
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
