forsake
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Even after its massive expenditures, Microsoft recently said its cloud-computing capacity was so constrained that it had to forsake external cloud sales to run its own operations.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
I can’t be the only 57-year-old who would forsake both for six uninterrupted hours.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
The teaching that God will “never leave or forsake you” is found multiple times in the Bible.
From Salon • Jan. 12, 2024
"Children with their big wide-open eyes question us. Their looks should help us to forsake selfishness that undoubtedly leaves our hearts quite bare," she wrote in its introduction.
From Reuters • Jan. 16, 2023
"I will forsake supper, I believe. Rest will serve me better. Wake me at first light."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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