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I sat for a bit with the friend who had told me weeks earlier that she was abstaining altogether, partly as a way to hold myself accountable.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2024

The man who would have proved Balaguer's strongest opponent, ex-President Juan Bosch, was abstaining from participation in the election, and so was his Dominican Revolutionary Party, the country's largest political party.

From Time Magazine Archive

Estes regularly assured his parole officer that, as required by the terms of his release, he was abstaining from business deals.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet she persisted to every one that she was quite recovered, and was abstaining from her customary work simply from an excess of prudence.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold

Or, if he was in another mood, he might reflect that perhaps he was abstaining from love for Elspeth's sake, and that made him cheery also.

From Tommy and Grizel by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)