Sentence examples for abandoned in the first from inspiring English sources

This time the Atlanta franchise is relocating to Winnipeg, a major Canadian city that never should have been abandoned in the first place.

The game, the Joao Havelange Cup final between Vasco da Gama and Sao Caetano, was abandoned in the first half on Saturday.

On Thursday, the "friendly" match between the Union and Belén, a middle table team in the country's Primera División was abandoned in the first half after a melee among the players from both teams.

The Euro 2016 qualifier between Serbia and Albania was abandoned in the first half after a drone carrying the insignia of so-called "Greater Albania" descended on to the pitch, sparking a mass brawl including both sets of players, stewards and fans.

Although Aucouturier had abandoned in the first stage, and so was not eligible for the general classification, he could still start the rest of the stages.

Yet the fortunes of Berenike were fickle, and it was long thought by historians that the port and town were abandoned in the third or fourth centuries.

It is said that Termessus resisted Alexander the Great in 334 B.C. but the city's fortunes declined, and it was abandoned in the fifth century.

But it was abandoned in the seventh century AD, when Fustat – the precursor to modern Cairo – rose on the opposite bank of the Nile.

This time, however, those departing are archeologists, and they go with the mystery of why a major town was abandoned in the sixth century still unsolved.

Yet Mr. Bloomberg could propose legislation allowing the city to cut back the pensions of new employees — an approach he took in the first term but has largely abandoned in the second.

Archaeologists working on the Byzantine-era fortress of Zalabiyeh said they were on the cusp of finding out why the citadel was abandoned in the eighth century, but as the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad gathers pace and the regime unleashes its forces to crush it, the experts have been forced to pull out.