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How do you abort a Fetch API request using AbortController?

Q: How do you abort a Fetch API request using AbortController?

**Intuition.** AbortController provides an AbortSignal that propagates abort events down to promises or fetch requests, throwing an AbortError synchronously to cancel pending async processes. AbortSignal throws AbortError to reject pending fetches PENDING <rect x="230" y="40" width="120" height="40" rx="8" fill="#22c55e" fill-opacity="0.15" stro

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Explain the AbortController and AbortSignal workflow, how it interacts with promises, and how to use it to prevent memory leaks in event loops.

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