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[leev] / liv /








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"We've returned from summer leave rested and ready for the next phase of our training," HMS Queen Elizabeth's commanding officer Capt Claire Thompson said ahead of the departure.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

Residents are baffled that a growing city is having such a money problem, with some homeowners threatening to leave.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

A retiree on a fixed income, Henderson said a significant cost-of-living increase could push her to leave Jersey City, her home of more than 13 years.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

What I usually do is I leave it to the last minute and send texts around, saying, “I understand if you don’t want to come, but I might do this.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

It’s funny, seeing men wanting to leave the saloon duck their heads and walk backward inside.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

On a cold November morning, designer Isaac Mizrahi gets up, leaves his apartment, and trudges to the corner newsstand to pick up a copy of Women’s Wear Daily.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

That she may have committed the crime but may not be actually responsible for it leaves an uncomfortable vacuum, with no sense of finality.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

That leaves it at a historically low level that indicates the labor market remains generally healthy.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

One potential use is to place these living circuits on plant leaves or roots.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

Being alone in the dark house with Patch, or having nothing to eat but warm water with a few leaves floating around on top?

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

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

The benches right at the water were all full, but one beneath a sparsely leaved young tree was empty.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

Despite the struggle to contain the jihadists, no-one anticipates Africa Corps leaving the Sahel any time soon.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

But it ended the same way, with a pack of USC defenders descending all at once, leaving Fresno State with nowhere to go.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

“She struggled with the thought of leaving everything to people who, in her eyes, had never made much time for her.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

The discovery could help explain a long-standing puzzle in rheumatoid arthritis: why the disease repeatedly attacks certain joints while leaving others largely untouched.

From Science Daily Sep. 5, 2026

Willem rose slowly to his feet, his eyes never leaving Tine’s.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

In the second quarter, Woods bounced off of traffic and around the edge for a 31-yard dash into the end zone to give the Bruins a 14-10 lead with 10:19 left.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

She said her discussions with Maclean and other colleagues at the States had left her satisfied the issue was being taken seriously.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

The disruption left some passengers scrambling to find alternative flights.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

Replay officials took a gander at the replay and decided there was still one second left in the game.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

The life-size plaster model of Phineas's head made by Dr. Bigelow stands on the left corner of the table.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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