abandon

The decision to abandon play an hour before scheduled at the end of the third day of England's second Test against Pakistan was called "a joke" by Nasser Hussain.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Invenergy will get $765 million to abandon four leases including one off Morro Bay, and RWE struck a deal for $1.22 billion to cancel leases including one near Humboldt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

It has survived wars and upheavals, but the famed handwoven Kashmir carpet industry is now battling a steady decline as younger generations abandon the painstaking craft.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Section 301 allows a president to tariff as a targeted economic diplomacy measure to induce a foreign government to abandon a particular practice.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

At the same time, he did not abandon hope of finding some way to budge the North Vietnamese.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

He abandons Lily to social, financial and bodily ruin—an end that feels as inevitable as the downfall of Antigone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

The chip abandons the standard method of spreading light into a rainbow.

From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026

Unless the Fed abandons that risk-management framework, focusing on a narrower inflation measure would not materially change policy if inflation risks are skewed one way or another.

From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026

"I will not be a minister who abandons yet another generation of Territory kids," Cahill said when the details of the review were announced.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

She abandons the cart in the middle of the aisle and walks toward the exit.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

Eventually John meets his fate by falling through a portal into an abandoned mall, then following signs directing him to a manager’s office hidden in its bowels.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

On Saturday, residents of this wind-beaten volcanic island in the North Atlantic will vote on whether to restart membership negotiations with the bloc, a process Reykjavík abandoned over a decade ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Defence Minister Margarita Robles also apologised to those in Ceuta who "may have felt, or who even still feel, abandoned or not sufficiently cared", as the government unveiled plans to overhaul the country's immigration laws.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Others, with flapping doors and broken windows, were surely abandoned, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

“As sure as I can be. On the outer bank, I don’t see any abandoned wagons.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Americans are abandoning the belief that smarts and effort are the best ways to get ahead in life, according to new research, underscoring the pessimism many people have about their chances at financial success.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Hundreds of dentist practices are abandoning NHS work as the service drifts towards a two-tier system, new analysis suggests.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Natura 2000—the world’s largest coordinated network of protected areas—and the European Union Biodiversity Strategy’s target of protecting 30% of land, including 10% under strict protection, don’t imply abandoning forest or fire management.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

"AWS and Amazon can have a wildly successful business without its own frontier model," Jassy said on Thursday, but he denied it was abandoning the effort.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

I returned to the table and flipped through the children’s book again before abandoning it for the bestiary.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss