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Literary notes about abort (AI summary)

The word "abort" appears to have been employed in literature with a striking diversity of meanings, ranging from metaphorical to literal uses. In Jesse F. Bone’s The Lani People, for instance, the term conveys the idea of halting or ceasing an operation when faced with overwhelming challenges, as seen in references to potentially crippling situations ([1], [2]). In contrast, T. H. Pardo de Tavera uses "abort" in a botanical and medicinal context, describing how branches may end abruptly as thorns and noting the cessation of certain ailments using natural remedies ([3], [4]). Additionally, in the historical narrative of William T. Sherman, "abort" is employed geographically to indicate the point where work or progress along Steele’s Bayou comes to an end ([5]). This varied usage underscores the flexibility of the term across different disciplines and literary contexts.
  1. Get the idea in your head that you’re facing something here that can cripple you—maybe abort your whole operation.
    — from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone
  2. You have a choice—interrupt now or abort later.
    — from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone
  3. shrub 6–9° high with branches terminating in thorns; some of the branches abort and form thorns.
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  4. The bruised leaves are used locally in painful affections of the joints and to abort syphilitic buboes and abscesses of all kinds.
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  5. There is but little work to be done in Steele's Bayou, except for about five miles abort midway of the bayou.
    — from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman

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