be abandoned
Example Sentences
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Other California leaders expressed outrage and demanded the Postal Service plans be abandoned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Comcast’s 2014 bid for Time Warner Cable had to be abandoned because of regulatory concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Human Rights Watch recommended the bill be abandoned in a formal submission to the constitutional and legal affairs committee scrutinising the legislation in the capital, Accra.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
We may live in an increasingly lawless society, but that doesn’t mean all significance should be abandoned at will.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
The surrounding buildings are half-collapsed and appear to be abandoned, which is probably why I never noticed the Dauntless compound before.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
