How to Use abort in a Sentence
- I suggest that you abort the project.
- The mission had to be aborted.
- They decided to abort the pregnancy.
- When problems occurred during the launch, it was necessary to abort.
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The probe can decide on its own to abort at the last minute and try again later.
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Robert Lee Hotz,
WSJ,
20 Oct. 2020
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The [stand-in] doctor told me that the baby was going to abort.
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Colleen Murphy,
Health.com,
7 May 2021
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If the break lasted more than an hour, the dive would be aborted.
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John Branch,
BostonGlobe.com,
2 July 2023
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If there is a heartbeat, the physician may not abort the child.
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Bryan Hughes,
WSJ,
12 Sep. 2021
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The flight will abort if the operator sees anyone near the dropoff point.
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Timothy B. Lee,
Ars Technica,
19 Apr. 2022
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The Soyuz spacecraft’s abort system kicked in, giving the astronauts a wild ride to the edge of space.
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Christian Davenport,
Washington Post,
17 Jan. 2020
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Each new headwind would have been a valid reason on its own to abort our plans.
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Jim Olson,
Fortune,
25 Dec. 2020
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The FedEx pilots were able to abort their landing and avoid a collision.
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David Koenig,
ajc,
11 Feb. 2023
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The take-off was aborted when an error reading popped up in the cockpit.
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Matthias Gafni,
SFChronicle.com,
18 Dec. 2019
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To protect the healthy twin, parents often choose to abort the one who can’t survive.
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Jessica Bartlett,
BostonGlobe.com,
27 June 2023
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But droughts, for example, damage roots, shrivel berries on the vine, and force oaks to abort their acorns.
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WIRED,
25 July 2023
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The woman's husband said he was told that the babies were aborted by his wife, who is in her 30s, the outlet said.
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Staff Author,
Peoplemag,
22 June 2023
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Within two seconds, the drone operator tried to abort the strike and veer the weapon away.
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New York Times,
13 Dec. 2021
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The procedure aborts one of the two pregnancies to give the other fetus the best chance at survival.
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Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
19 July 2023
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Some men with hearts full of passion, jealousy, and hate will pressure women to abort.
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Marvin Olasky,
National Review,
27 June 2022
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But also, your party is championing the idea of not having kids as a badge, abort them.
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Fox News Staff,
Fox News,
23 Sep. 2022
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For decades, those who had a second child were given heavy fines, or made to abort pregnancies.
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Jessie Yeung,
CNN,
3 Jan. 2022
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Prior to the show, Graham learned that Karen aborted their child without telling him, leading to their breakup.
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Dory Jackson,
Peoplemag,
24 Mar. 2023
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According to multiple sources in the company, the safest way to respond to the warning would have been to abort.
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Nicholas Schmidl,
The New Yorker,
1 Sep. 2021
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At one point, the Southwest flight is abruptly told to abort, according to the audio excerpt.
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Christine Chung,
BostonGlobe.com,
5 Feb. 2023
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For him, the decision to abort comes down to a simple question: Is the woman safer carrying to term or not?
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Anna Staver,
The Denver Post,
13 Oct. 2019
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If his final ascent to the throne is aborted, his fall has none of the elegance tragedy implies.
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Lili Loofbourow,
Anchorage Daily News,
29 May 2023
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Anne’s journey is a tough one, and includes her own attempt to abort with a knitting needle.
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Washington Post,
11 May 2022
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Bueno and Estrada are some of the millions of women who made the difficult decision to abort.
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Palabra,
oregonlive,
6 July 2022
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In this song, Remy Ma tells the story of a young and poor mother who wrestles with whether to abort the life growing inside of her.
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A.d. Carson,
The Conversation,
8 July 2022
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But the Browns’ defense stopped Zorn when necessary, and forced a fumble to abort the Seahawks’ opening drive.
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Rich Exner,
cleveland,
9 Oct. 2019
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Weather at both the launch site and for the downrange abort zones looks fine.
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Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
27 Apr. 2022
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The launch abort process is not a fun one for astronauts.
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Daniel Oberhaus,
Wired,
17 Jan. 2020
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But the abort target tries to get you to a point that simplifies the rendezvous.
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Jennifer Bogo,
Popular Mechanics,
17 July 2018
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The Delta 4 Heavy's abort was not expected to impact the Starlink launch.
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William Harwood,
CBS News,
29 Aug. 2020
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At 25 weeks a fetus weighs around a pound and a half and is over a foot long; some of those Dr Carhart aborts are older.
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The Economist,
22 Aug. 2019
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The launch-abort system can pull astronauts away from the rocket in the event of a malfunction.
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Manasee Wagh,
Popular Mechanics,
15 Nov. 2022
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Boeing hopes to put these concerns to rest with a pad abort flight test, which should occur soon.
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Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
1 May 2018
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Instead, even as fires rose around the three cores, the rocket stayed put during a hotfire abort.
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Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
30 Sep. 2020
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The spacecraft was being prepared for a launch abort test this summer.
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Eric Berger,
Wired,
23 Apr. 2019
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There was no delay of weeks or longer that such an abort would cause other launchers.
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Joe Pappalardo,
Popular Mechanics,
28 Sep. 2016
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The abort motor that was tested is part of Orion’s Launch Abort System.
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Richard Tribou,
OrlandoSentinel.com,
16 June 2017
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It's not known what plans SpaceX might have in place to rescue the Inspiration4 crew if an abort or unplanned landing should happen.
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William Harwood,
CBS News,
13 Sep. 2021
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Boeing still needs to perform an uncrewed test flight and a test of its in-flight safety abort system.
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Tim Fernholz,
Quartz,
29 Sep. 2019
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This booster struck the core when it was supposed to fall away during launch, triggering a launch abort.
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Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
23 Oct. 2018
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The launch abort system will be used in future missions in case of an emergency while on the launch pad or during the takeoff phase of the launch.
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Danny Dougherty,
WSJ,
27 Aug. 2022
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Then, last year, its Crew Dragon spacecraft blew up during a test of its abort engines.
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Christian Davenport,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 May 2020
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The launch abort system won’t be needed for Artemis 1 as the first test mission won’t carry astronauts.
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Chabeli Herrera,
orlandosentinel.com,
2 July 2019
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The capsule’s launch abort system immediately kicked in, lifting the craft off the top.
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BostonGlobe.com,
12 Sep. 2022
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The Dragon capsule exploded just half a second before the abort thrusters fired.
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Daniel Oberhaus,
WIRED,
15 July 2019
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No astronauts were on board the capsule for Monday morning’s test of the crew abort system, just a test dummy.
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Fox News,
4 Nov. 2019
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The abort system has been successfully tested three times in flight.
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William Harwood,
CBS News,
9 July 2021
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At one minute into the flight, traveling at 3,685mph, the Mercury capsule’s abort system fired.
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Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
1 Dec. 2019
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In 2018, Boeing, too, had a fuel leak that was discovered during a test of its abort system.
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Chabeli Herrera,
orlandosentinel.com,
15 July 2019
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The launch abort system is made of four separate components.
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Korey Haynes,
Discover Magazine,
1 July 2019
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However, this abort test will be its last, one way or another.
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Avery Thompson,
Popular Mechanics,
8 Sep. 2016
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SpaceX’s next launch is set to come as soon as Jan. 11, when it is scheduled to again test the emergency abort system of its Dragon spacecraft — this time in flight.
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Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2020
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The abort test, lasting only minutes, was declared a success.
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Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
2 July 2019
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The third engine is used to jettison the launch abort system, which occurs shortly after launch if all goes well.
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
28 Aug. 2022
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This was followed in short order by the release of the rocket’s service module fairing and the launch abort safety system.
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Christopher Cokinos,
Discover Magazine,
17 Nov. 2022
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Boeing was conducting a test fire of the Starliner’s launch abort engines.
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Loren Grush,
The Verge,
1 Aug. 2018
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