Example Sentences

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The insurers’ inflow of payments for new policies slowed alongside a “material increase” in existing customers who were abandoning or cashing out policies, AM Best said.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

One X user said people were abandoning their Ubers and walking to the airport.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2024

Then word got out that the police were abandoning the perimeter.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2023

They began writing to him just minutes after officials announced they were abandoning key parts of zero-Covid.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022

“I shouldn’t have forced you to go out there. I got mad because I thought you were abandoning me.”

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio