The phrase "abandoned close" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a location or situation that is both abandoned and near something, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The abandoned close was overgrown with weeds and debris, making it a haunting sight."
Alternatives: "deserted area" or "neglected vicinity".
There are the old standbys, like Algeria, Libya and Yemen, which never abandoned close ties with the Baghdad regime.
The van, packed with 500 pounds of homemade explosives, broke through a police roadblock in Northern Ireland and was later abandoned close to the border in the northwestern county of Donegal.
Of these, only the latter is still operational: SIRIO was abandoned close to the geopotential equilibrium point at 75°E in 1985; Italsat 1 was re-orbited above the geosynchronous altitude at the beginning of 2001; and Italsat 2 was moved, due to a malfunction, in July 2002, below the geosynchronous altitude.
Export growth became dominant in the 1980s, when many countries abandoned closed economic policies and focused on export growth to increase their competitiveness in international trade.
"Sheep in sheep's clothing," said Labour as they watched the Lib Dems troop through the lobby this week, abruptly abandoning close co-operation.
Mr Yanukovych's decision in November to abandon closer ties with the EU in favour of Russia sparked massive protests in Kiev, which ended in a bloodbath, as dozens of protesters were shot dead in clashes with police.
They eventually abandoned Karen close to her home, before stealing her car.
One scheme planned by Mrs Suplicy, Bairro Novo (new neighbourhood), would house 70,000 people, including 600 low-income families, in an area of abandoned factories close to the centre and serviced by train.
After the collapse of the proposed merger with KLM, British Airways reopened discussions first begun in April with Delta Air Lines and Air France to join their SkyTeam alliance, but those talks have since been abandoned, people close to the negotiations said.
Merger negotiations between GE Capital, the financial services arm of General Electric, and Scottish Life, an Edinburgh-based mutual life insurance company, have been abandoned, people close to the negotiations said.
The possibility of a major battle for Aleppo came as Turkey's prime minister injected a new element of tension into the Syrian conflict, asserting that Syrian forces had abandoned territories close to the Turkish border that had since been occupied by Kurdish militants hostile to Turkey.
