abandon

Example Sentences

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Sin City still isn’t booming and investors remain worried about soft demand and online sportsbooks, but Caesars has no plans to abandon its bet on the city.

From Barron's

The two sides shared the points after wet weather saw the match abandoned without a ball bowled.

From BBC

If it resumes after the second restart, the referee can abandon the game.

From BBC

Jonah spit into the sink, bending low so she didn’t see how the word abandoned stabbed at him.

From Literature

Harold’s people, like me, well they could be found daydreaming in cemeteries or sipping coffee on the stoops of abandoned houses.

From Salon