Example collocations logo

Abandon in sentence

790 examples of Abandon in a sentence

This would, however, allow the international community to press China to abandon its exchange-rate peg to the dollar and would be the best way to reduce international imbalances.
Freud had to abandon this pessimistic view of the brain to pursue the idea that his "talking cure" could alter neural connections and change the nature of psychological experience.
Instead of showing the restraint and caution one might expect from a responsible press covering matters of life and death, the media flung around baseless accusations of murder and suicide with abandon.
As such it is better not to abandon nationalism, but rather to channel its beneficent features to recreate the social state.
His campaign begins with South Korea, where he is attempting to use ethnic nationalism to drive a wedge between that country and its US ally and potentially even to convince it to abandon the alliance altogether.
The chaebol will not easily abandon their efforts to maintain – and strengthen – the corporate-governance structure that has allowed them to dominate South Korea’s economy, while Park, Moon, and Ahn are ready to leave their mark on South Korean history.
It is time to abandon neoliberalism and the Washington Consensus.
Any conversation with Chinese officials nowadays leads to the same conclusion: China wants to restart the Six-Party Talks aimed at persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear-weapons program.
Despite the EU’s need to focus inward while weathering the global economic crisis, the Union must not abandon its neighbors to the south.
Are Europe’s citizens and leaders really prepared to abandon basic values like solidarity and empathy for a future of walls guarded by Libyan mercenaries, an arguably unlawful deal with Turkey, and unconscionable conditions for people seeking refuge from poverty and conflicts that Europe helped to create?
That will require donors to abandon their short-sighted and wrong-headed perceptions of the DRC as a lost cause, and instead help the country build the future that its children deserve.
They have hacked people’s phones with reckless abandon.
By contrast, some American policymakers continue to believe that Iran would abandon its enrichment program if only the European Union imposed unilateral sanctions.
But no solution is possible until we abandon the savings shortage and savings glut hypotheses and connect today’s global financial imbalances with global production patterns and inadequate demand in developing countries.
Trump declared in that speech that he wants the United States to be “predictably unpredictable,” but he also made it clear that he won’t abandon his basic position.
Of course, no one is under the illusion that India or any other country will abandon its cities for a life as simple as the one Gandhi strove to live; but that doesn’t mean that India can’t look to Gandhi’s core values for inspiration.
But attempting to formalize a fait accompli will most likely lead nowhere in the direction of lasting peace, for under such conditions, Palestinians would have no reason to abandon violence.
If Pakistan is going to abandon its double game of claiming to be a US ally while harboring terrorists, the US will need to stop rewarding it for offering, as Trump put it, “nothing but lies and deceit.”
Countless others have had to abandon their homes, jobs, and countries; and those who do stay often live in constant fear for their safety.
One immediate consequence would be to abandon the US attempt to prosecute Saddam Hussein on its own and to invoke an international tribunal.
To green the world’s energy, we should abandon the old-fashioned policy of subsidizing unreliable solar and wind – a policy that has failed for 20 years, and that will fail for the next 22.
Arab governments have been especially angry over the chaos in Iraq, fearing that the US will abandon the Sunni minority to the not-so-tender mercies of revenge-minded Shi’a and expressing growing anxiety that the war has empowered Iran to extend Shi’a influence throughout the Middle East.
We also must abandon the idea of a one-size-fits-all model for expanding access to health care and adjust our approaches to ensure the best fit with local health priorities and customs.
Hamas has already engaged in ceasefire negotiations and should now be brought fully into the peace process, alongside Fatah, but it will, of course, have to abandon its own strategy of force, as expressed through the rockets it has rained down on Israel.
Israel, for its part, needs to recognize that, if it wants to act in ways that are consistent with its own democratic values, it must abandon its strategy of violence and disrespect for the basic human rights of the Palestinians, as well as the idea of “Great Israel.”
To this end, the relevant parties must abandon the usual saber rattling, and implement confidence-building measures.
Sorous does not abandon the values of Islam.
Rosneft, for example, has been forced to abandon its most value-destroying investments, such as petrochemicals.
China’s leaders are understandably reluctant to abandon a tried-and-true model.
And now, several Sunni powers are forcefully trying to compel one of their own, Qatar, to abandon a regional strategy it has pursued for decades.
BackNext