leave
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In her statement to the Journal, Nusseibeh pointed to her decision to take a leave of absence from the U.A.E. government as evidence of her commitment to the U.N.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
“After nine wonderful years at CNN, I’ve decided to leave for an opportunity that I couldn’t pass up,” Golodryga said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Hayler was emotional and bent over as he was discharged and told he could leave the dock.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
This time, however, his mom stuck around — though she did warn him that she’d give him a tap if she wanted to leave.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
“No! We can’t! We can’t leave her. We have to catch her! I’m going after her. You go home if you like. I’m not coming.”
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
That leaves CIOs as the “adult supervision,” Nunno said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Costly maintenance fees eat into workplace retirement accounts with balances of less than $7,000 when an employee leaves a company.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
The robust quarterly performance leaves the group well-placed for the end of the year, analyst Cedric Rossi at Stifel wrote following the update.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
"Those conditions allow colours to develop gradually and help leaves stay on the trees for longer, extending the display."
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
In Deadwood, the leaves grew in a perpetual state of fall: crisp and colorful and lazily slumping toward the forest floor.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Curly Leafed Collards: Those curly leaved varieties Smith mentions can make them look more like kale than the large, smooth leaves we typically think of with collards.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2023
“As soon as all the trees leaved out, I was like, ‘I’m staying forever,’” she said of spring’s recent start, singing those last few words in a soprano vibrato.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
Want to try out this delicately leaved vine?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2020
The etchings’ chief subject is nature’s bounty and mysteriousness, manifest in big, densely leaved trees and densely treed hillsides.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2013
Pa said, “Were it one a our’n? You think someone leaved the barn door ajar?”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
For example, taking a bullish position on semiconductors and leaving that alone for 12 months, would have not worked given recent market action, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
He accused the broadcaster of defamation and of violating a Florida consumer-protection law for leaving out a statement in which he called on supporters to peacefully march to the Capitol.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Bianna Golodryga, a longtime international anchor and senior global affairs analyst for CNN, is leaving the network.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
When he tried to seal the moment with a kiss, the first lady turned her head, leaving him to lip-lock her hair instead.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
I was angry back at her, hysterical almost, saying all manner of things I should not have said, about Papi going off and leaving us, about how parents always ruin the lives of their children.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Bridges wrote that she flipped him off as she left and that he learned she was the mayor of Kerman after reviewing the video footage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
About 75% of British households rely on natural gas for heating and hot water, not to mention the needs of what’s left of British industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Researchers warned the "severe" flaws could expose millions of sites using it to potential hacks if left unpatched - and the UK government was among those to take some sites offline as a precaution.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
“Younger and less affluent buyers have largely left the new-vehicle market,” Sam Fiorani, vice president of global vehicle forecasting at AutoForecast Solutions, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
“Did I tell you how brave, how strong your pa was when we left Louisiana?”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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