abandon
Example Sentences
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The 53-year-old was rescued by a group of Indigenous people, her team reported on X, hours after the vehicle she had been traveling with two bodyguards in was found abandoned.
From Barron's
Even so he intends to abandon the current NASA-centric Artemis approach once the initial landing is achieved.
When she started talking about abandoned forts with old passageways, Teddy and Freddy threw their heads back and made snoring noises.
From Literature
I would apologize, I decided, but I had not abandoned my resolve to avoid any possible pain or public humiliation at Ernest B. Lawson Elementary School.
From Literature
Videos on social media and YouTube show people tagging empty storefronts, skateboarding or riding bicycles indoors and urban explorers touring the abandoned spaces for posterity or to look for signs of paranormal activity.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
