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make a left





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“I was in the Valley, about to make a left onto Ventura Boulevard. I go to school at CSUN, so I have the privilege of escaping the Westside regularly.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

We approached an intersection and tried to make a left — in what turned out to be a repeat of the Laguna Beach scenario.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2023

I make a left turn around the point and head north to meet my fellow paddlers.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2022

Mathieu Cadeau, who was working off duty as security, told Hall he couldn’t make a left turn.

From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2022

Air Traffic Control comes in and tells them to make a left turn.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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