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be left

VERB
remain; carry over
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"Jane doesn't want some other woman, if God forbid this happens to them, to be left on their own, thrown overboard like she was."

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Morgan Gibbs-White was probably the unluckiest player to be left out of the initial squad last time around when Tuchel got his players together in September.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Gays are simply the part of the community that got powerful enough to be left alone.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

There remain concerns about whether the city could be left holding the bill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

She didn’t want Mom to leave, didn’t want to be left in this house with Chicken and two strangers.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn


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