as in abandoned
to stop doing (something) permanently
we warned him to lay off of the cigarette smoking
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And Sylvie, who still gazes with utmost tenderness at a black-and-white photograph, taken during her time abroad, of a nameless wailing Russian child, has permanently abandoned her own daughter by refusing to visit her.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026 -
Those plans were set aside, however, when Diamantis arrived in federal court earlier this month for a hearing and abandoned a plan to change his plea to guilty.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
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The car was discontinued in the Americas in 1993, but lived on in other markets.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
30 Apr. 2026
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Social voting replaced the official American Idol app, which had been used as one of the main voting tools in recent seasons, before the app was discontinued following the last cycle.—
Philiana Ng,
Rolling Stone,
30 Apr. 2026
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For decades, California had some of the strongest legal protections for law enforcement officers in the country, at times allowing those who engaged in serious misconduct to quietly quit and find jobs in other departments.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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But in the end, higher jet fuel prices triggered by the Iran war drained cash from the business at an accelerating pace, forcing it to call it quits.—
Bernard Condon,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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The stock has dropped 23% so far this year, reversing course after a climb of just over 64% in 2025.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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That all changed after the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union representing rank-and-file officers, dropped more than $400,000 on ads targeting Raman, who was elected to the council twice with support from Democratic Socialists of America, which isn’t endorsing in the mayoral primary.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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“Laid off (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laid%20off%20%28of%29. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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