Example Sentences
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Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman did not immediately say whether he would retry McGhee for the murders, nor whether he would again seek the death penalty, which his predecessor abjured.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025
Tunisia's army has historically abjured a political role and Saied has not yet tested the security forces by trying to mobilise them for a major crackdown on dissent.
From Reuters • Dec. 18, 2022
His three Republican successors did not follow suit, Calvin Coolidge especially abjured such monarchical power.
From Fox News • Jan. 10, 2019
Ufologists invite scientific inquiry while the Church historically abjured it.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2017
In a sober ceremony, the Mexica abjured their old religion and embraced Christianity.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
