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leaf

noun as in green foliage of plant

noun as in page of document

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verb as in flip through

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She avoids crowds and rarely leaves home unaccompanied.

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But Ford’s ad leaves out the reason Reagan made the address in the first place — which was to impose tariffs on Japan, which he accused of engaging in unfair trade practices.

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“Nile Nightshade” leaves few cultural-societal stones unturned in chronicling how the tomato gradually came to be a constant presence in Egyptian life.

The result leaves the party two seats short of a majority, making it harder for it to govern ahead of a crucial vote on its budget in January.

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His five-year-old daughter, he said, cries every time he leaves for work -- fearful, as is he, that he will not return.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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