abolished
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We’re fighting a society that wants to keep our work in the dark, to pretend that this isn’t happening, that it can be abolished by throwing people into prison.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
The National Leasehold Campaign said it was "realistic" and "we know leasehold cannot be abolished overnight".
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
The Ryanair aircraft will be moved to other European Union countries "that have abolished aviation taxes like Sweden, Slovakia, Albania and Italy", the company said.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
The Department of Community Affairs, the state agency that oversaw all the local government growth planning and limited development, was just abolished outright.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
It helped lead to passage of the law that abolished the British slave trade in 1807.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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