1.   The approaching fire forced hundreds of people to abandon their homes.

2.   The children are in role as islanders who have decided to abandon their homes because a volcano is becoming active.

3.   And Thursday, villagers said this latest attack might make them think again about abandoning their homes.

4.   By the time the villagers of Bareh Khaneh decided to abandon their homes, it had been two months since the last truck brought donated wheat and flour.

5.   Charter schools continue to grow unabated in Arizona, taking over office buildings, strip malls, churches, and abandoned homes.

6.   Fearing for her safety, her lawyers say, she has abandoned her home in suburban Maryland and not returned to her desk at the Pentagon.

7.   For Kurds old enough to have lived through the events, it marked the fourth time in two decades that they have abandoned their homes in fear.

8.   James Buckley did so without abandoning his home in Connecticut.

9.   Last month, the team abandoned its home, the Nassau Coliseum, declaring it unsafe, but moved back when a state judge said it was safe.

10.   Many people who were forced to abandon their homes complained that environmentalists had blocked proposals to strengthen river dikes and increase their height.