abandoned
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Putting a hard limit on the number of residents is not a measure any other country has tried, although China, through its now abandoned one-child limit, did try to slow population growth.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
Notebooks lie open in vacant school classrooms, while a game of pool in a bar appears to have been abandoned mid-match.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
When her own mother abandoned her family, Dolly, then an adolescent, took on the care of her younger siblings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
An original yeshiva here, set up in the early 20th Century, was abandoned in 1929 during major sectarian riots in the British Mandate period.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
When she started talking about abandoned forts with old passageways, Teddy and Freddy threw their heads back and made snoring noises.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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