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[leev] / liv /








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Leave it to Illinois, where the state Supreme Court kicked a Cook County judge off the bench over an article he wrote while a private citizen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Leave them behind for an extra day or two and they’re no longer usable.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

Leave it, then, to a massive gingko on the grounds of a medieval German town’s college to cosmically center the three-pronged, multi-generational character study “Silent Friend” from Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

I download the Good Inside app on pub day for Dr. Becky’s new picture book Leave Me Alone!:

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Leave me in the care of that dodgy, despicable landlady?

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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