abandonment
Example Sentences
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The administrative-law judge ultimately denied Sleca’s petition for abandonment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
While some states still enforce these laws, they often include exceptions, including parental abandonment or failure to provide support, which would relieve the adult children of any liability.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026
She was subsequently arrested on suspicion of animal abandonment and resisting arrest.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
Kurdish education department worker Issa said the US abandonment was "a major blow to the Kurds".
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
Wander any graveyard long enough and you will find it—waterstained and bulging, with cracked or broken stone, scraggly grass or rank weeds about it, and a feeling, when you reach it, of abandonment.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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