left behind
Example Sentences
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Both look back to Reconstruction, to the debates surrounding the citizenship clause, and to the constitutional wreckage left behind by Dred Scott.
From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026
Acting High Commissioner to South Africa Alexander Ajayi said on local television on Tuesday that the government had begun documenting businesses and properties left behind by Nigerians.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
Traces left behind by organisms may not survive over time, observable signals may be too faint to identify, or existing technologies may simply be unable to detect them.
From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026
They left behind more than 40 loaded cannons, provisions and “some of that scoundrel Common Sense man’s letters, which we can read at our leisure.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
Hans and Sophie Scholl left behind a legacy of honor and courage.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
