leave town
Example Sentences
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It’s possible top lawmakers won’t let Congress leave town without a funding deal.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026
“The big challenge for us as architects is to create the incentives for people to move along, and not leave town and move further south.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025
The next day, as the government prepared to shut down, my family packed our bags to leave town for my daughter Naomi’s spinal surgery.
From Salon • Oct. 9, 2025
As the police leave town, an old man pushing a bicycle appears.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025
Her daughter, Pearl Ann, was already away at the university, and some speculated that Mrs. Larkin was less a person of means than she liked others to believe and maybe couldn’t afford to leave town.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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