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In effect, he is abandoning the so-called Pottery Barn rule — “You break it, you own it” — that was popularized by then-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell before the Iraq war in 2003.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

It doesn’t seem the company is abandoning these goals any time soon.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

“The biggest risk is not volatility; it is abandoning the plan during downturns,” Casey said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

This was in response to a Financial Times report Thursday night that Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is abandoning plans to increase income-tax rates in her budget plan this month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Given free reign under the conditions herein outlined, the youth of the land is abandoning itself to a safe and sane orgie of iconoclasm.

From Nonsenseorship by Putnam, G. G.