Hulsizer abandoned his bid for the Coyotes on June 27, 2011.

Laporte won the battle with a £129.4m offer and Wassall responded by abandoning its hostile bid.

I am caught, he thought, tangled in the web of her weaving, and there is no way to break free without abandoning my own bid for power.

They got equal seats and abandoned their bid for co-chairmen under a unique power-sharing agreement.

She's faced calls to abandon her bid.

Carozzo abandoned his bid in Portugal, the victim of a bleeding ulcer.

Already in debt, he said he wanted to abandon his bid before his finances worsened.

In 1980, he decided to seek a rematch against Roth, but abandoned his bid when the Vatican ordered all priests to withdraw from politics.

And on July 16, he abandoned his undeclared Presidential bid.

But he abandoned his bid on February 22, 2006, citing an inability to raise funds.