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The group ended the letter saying they hope it inspired Aberaeron to "turn over a new leaf and let mackerel swim free".

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

"Even more surprising was that each time this trait evolved, it did so through different genes -- even though all of them belong to the same biological system controlling leaf development," says Bieker.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

"There's no leaf to it, they don't get any nutritional quality from this rubbish."

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Rhode Island’s Morticia, named for the Addams Family matriarch, spent much of its life as a single leaf stalk with multiple leaflets before going dormant, leaving what looked like a big pot of dirt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

“It scurries about,” I continue, “eating every last leaf to fill its little round belly, except...”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Largo, who died on Friday, leaves behind a 12-year-old son.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Instead, we’ve somehow arrived at a version where Gen Z has collectively decided drinking isn’t fun anymore, bars are empty because nobody under 30 leaves the house and nightlife itself is quietly dying.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

Holly: Losing Harry Wilson and Raul Jimenez in this transfer window leaves slim pickings in terms of a talisman at Fulham, with remaining striker Rodrigo Muniz among their most expensive assets.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom, who leaves office next year, has stayed above the fray.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

I eased the spade under the firm leaves of a potato plant, watching the earth come away in thick clods.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Liudmyla leafs through an old photo album containing images of Mykola’s paintings, the closest thing he has to an artist’s monograph, and then brings out a few of the originals she’s packed away for safe-keeping.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024

It’s a broadleaf weed that grows in colonies or large groups and have seed leafs that are round and oval with sparse stinging hairs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023

“My Name Is Andrea” leafs several chapters earlier in the history books to sketch an abstract portrait of the public intellectual Andrea Dworkin.

From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2022

Walking with Gregory6 in bare treed October ash woods—winds blowing brown sere leafs at feet—talking of dead Jack—the sky an old familiar place with fragrant eyebrow clouds passing overhead in Fall Current—

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 20, 2019

She leafs through them, going “Oh, my” at the particularly good ones.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

While Steve’s dad leafed through documents and letters—stopping to exclaim or lament a bit—and Steve went through still more photos, I dug through his late mom’s sewing supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

Standing in the chill before the courthouse opened, Macias leafed through the petition detailing her husband’s psychiatric history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2024

During moments of rest, he leafed through a diary, written longhand by a Russian soldier: “I’ve been at war for four weeks already and I miss my mom,” Courier read.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

Perhaps you belong to a tinned-fish-of-the-month club, or have leafed through a tinned-fish-focused cookbook that tells you how best to cook a food already cooked.

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2023

Everyone on the row of streetcar seats was turned directly toward the judge, who coughed, leafed through his file, and turned toward me, fanning himself.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

Spend enough time cooking — or leafing through cookbooks in bed — and you notice certain ingredients keep reaching for one another.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

Shortly after opening time on a recent morning, the Kettering store already had a number of middle-aged customers milling about the space leafing through magazines—yes, it has those—or asking for advice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Leo Kelly—a devout Christian Iowan who was seen ascending the Senate dais, leafing through sensitive documents, and praying in the chamber—described it as “a blessing.”

From Slate ● May 28, 2026

Trees only delay leafing after actual infestations, which prevents insects from adapting to the change over time.

From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026

Hans wasn’t home, and so Sophie waited, leafing through his books and papers.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti