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  • verb Present participle of abdicate.

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Examples

  • So certainly for the queen, the idea of abdicating isn't on.

    CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Can Prince William Save the British Monarchy? - June 21, 2000 2000

  • Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, blasted the Pakistani government for "abdicating" to the Taliban, saying Pakistan now presents "a mortal threat" to the rest of the world.

    Pakistan on the brink? GayandRight 2009

  • I've visited with literally thousands of ER patients over the last two-plus years: very few of them were "abdicating" their health care.

    Scapegoat? Susan Palwick 2007

  • She said it will do nothing to put a dent in the federal debt and amounts to the legislative branch "abdicating" its power to appropriate and handing it to federal agencies.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • She said it will do nothing to put a dent in the federal debt and amounts to the legislative branch "abdicating" its power to appropriate and handing it to federal agencies.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • A year after 'abdicating' as he puts it, he married Mati: it was a tempestuous match.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • - April 22: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton accuses the Pakistani government of "abdicating" to extremists in Swat.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

  • Hillary Clinton said this week that Pakistan is "abdicating" to the guerrillas.

    unknown title 2009

  • Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, for example, told Congress last week that Pakistan was "abdicating" to the Taliban extremists.

    China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper 2009

  • Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, for example, told Congress last week that Pakistan was "abdicating" to the Taliban extremists.

    China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper 2009

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