Sentence examples for started to abandon from inspiring English sources

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.

As a result, the DPJ has started to abandon the traditional opposition practice of backing the same candidates as the ruling party in local contests.

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.

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.

It does not diminish the boldness of "Sweet Smell of Success" to note that by 1957, employers were starting to abandon the blacklist.

So after decades of tilling the soil to produce food for their families and local communities, farmers throughout this region are starting to abandon traditional crops like corn and wheat in favor of dairy cows.