leave
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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"Growing Together" and "When I Grow Up"
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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Spelling Practice 2, Unit 5
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