leave alone
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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
While she is happy with the cuts so far, she hopes they leave alone social security - the monthly government payments that she and 67 million retired or disabled Americans live off.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025
Some legacies are too important to leave alone, to trust that society will properly cherish and regularly celebrate them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2022
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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