leave alone
Example Sentences
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It starts from a belief that these people are operating in a world we don’t understand, and that we ought to leave alone, far from our base everyday politics and civic concerns.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
With that feedback, executives then determined which menu items to take prices up on and which to leave alone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
The flip side of the proximity problem is that there are often targets the Ukrainians leave alone for the simple fact that they lack sufficient ammunition.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023
He is playing at deliveries he should leave alone.
From BBC • Sep. 1, 2021
Instead my hands go to my hairdo, the one area of my body my prep team had been told to leave alone.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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