on leave
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In an online post on Sunday, the senator denied the claims and said he was not on leave.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
In response to the allegations presented in 2019, the board president at the time put Adelkoff and the nonprofit’s chief financial officer on leave for several weeks, according to Kleger-Heine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
The agent was placed on leave after the allegations of an inappropriate relationship emerged, and he resigned in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Christian Castro, 52, was one of two agents placed on leave earlier this year for allegedly lying about the January 14 shooting in Minneapolis of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, who was wounded in the leg.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
They persuaded Mr Charles to accompany them, and since the chauffeur was on leave at that point, enlisted my father to drive the car.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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