abandoned
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Now about half a million acres are sitting dormant, and other abandoned groves have been absorbed for cattle grazing or Florida’s lucrative development sprawl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
As the nation abandoned Reconstruction, a generation of politicians and historians recast Johnson as a martyr to congressional tyranny.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
In 2005 it was the target of similar plans for an asylum seekers accommodation centre, external, which were abandoned by the then-Labour government.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
In other words, investors have statements about safety — but no canceled equipment orders, abandoned data centers or revised spending forecasts.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
She’d been furious and abandoned the kingdom just as a plague was beginning to sweep through.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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