Sentence examples for start to abandon from inspiring English sources

If they start to abandon FIFA and its World Cup, it will prove wishful thinking.

Let's suppose that Ms Vázquez becomes the candidate whom voters start to abandon, given that most polls currently show her narrowly in third, on about 24%.

The reason is that as soon as a candidate slips into an irrecoverable third place, his or her supporters start to abandon ship.

Last week's New York Times story finally spurred Republicans to start to abandon King in droves.

Any time there is a sense of mistrust that threatens to undermine a group, it's not long before people start to abandon the ship.

This mode of use simulated the redeployment of ITPS as roofing material in chronic emergencies when refugee families start to abandon their makeshift plastic shelters and construct homes from local materials.

Automakers started to abandon night shifts and reduce production and work hours to reduce costs.

Some American companies had already started to abandon Argentina as financial and economic tensions mounted.

Smugglers however have now started to abandon ships, leaving migrants to fend themselves, in the face of a crackdown by the security forces of other countries.

His comrades started to abandon their posts, and finally, he said, a Kurdish officer in his division told him to go home.

Around the nation, executive branch officials started to abandon their traditional role, which is to enforce the laws and defend them when they are challenged in court.