abandon

Example Sentences

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The government has abandoned plans to delay 30 council elections in England following legal advice.

From BBC

The team discovered 45 abandoned tents, mostly in Wester Ross and Loch Ness.

From BBC

The craft have become far too central to the war effort to abandon them because of tough weather.

From Barron's

And while health care has deteriorated badly in recent years because of shortages of medicines and equipment, it remains free — a system gasping but not abandoned.

From Salon

Eyewitnesses described the tanker "swinging around like a compass" as waves crashed over the abandoned ship and black plumes of oil spurted out into the sea.

From BBC