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Discover LudwigThe phrase "abandoned well" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a well that has been left unused or neglected, often in a physical or metaphorical context.
Example: "The old, abandoned well in the forest was overgrown with weeds and hidden from view."
Alternatives: "neglected well" or "deserted well".
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"It was just an old, abandoned well that was bubbling up some water, and of course, the water wasn't real pretty," he said.
A baby elephant had to be rescued by villagers and forestry officials this week after it fell into an abandoned well near a forest range in southern India.
Nine months before that discovery, the Coast Guard was dispatched to investigate a Hilcorp oil leak from an abandoned well head in the Gulf of Mexico.
Not quite 40 years before Jessica McClure fell into an abandoned well, another little girl, 3-year-old FiscusFiscus, did the same thing in California.
Jessica McClure, who held the attention of the nation as a toddler when she fell into an abandoned well 17 years ago, is now a high school graduate.
That bottom-kill effort could begin as early as Aug. 7. Leak Continues at an Abandoned Well Oil and gas continued spewing Wednesday from an abandoned well that was hit by a barge on Tuesday near Barataria Bay in southeastern Louisiana.
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