abandoning
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As she watched the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. fight racial discrimination in the South, Bass witnessed whites abandoning the Fairfax District as Black families moved in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
He resisted the temptation to act when Glasner publicly criticised the club's board for "abandoning" the team after the decision to sell Marc Guehi to Manchester City in January.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Given that Warsh doesn’t participate in the dot plot, the task force may recommend abandoning it.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Warsh appears to be adjusting the same way, by refining his approach rather than abandoning it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The other potters seemed to slump as one into dejection, all but abandoning their work in favor of long, lugubrious visits to the wine shop, where they commiserated with one another.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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