abandon
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"No-one apart from us will do this. We realise that if we abandon these people, no one else will drive them."
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Instead, the president signaled he may abandon the project altogether.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
The government needs to mobilize India’s gold, but “people who have long saved in gold will never abandon gold unless they are paid richly to do so,” Gave adds.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
But the same demographic was the first to gravitate to streaming platforms and abandon traditional TV which thrives on appointment viewing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Following the outcry over the Lusitania, Germany imposed strict limitations on submarine operations, pledging to warn those on board a vessel about to be attacked so they could abandon ship beforehand.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Vocabulary lists containing abandon
Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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