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The council voted 12-0 to put the measure on the ballot, with Councilmembers Heather Hutt, Curren Price and Monica Rodriguez absent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The strike will also include action short of a strike, such as only working to contract and not covering for absent colleagues, the UCU said.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Evidence of damage to the broader economy also tends to emerge during these periods of volatility but again, RBC finds this kind of data largely absent of late.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Members of the Tata family have been noticeably absent from global billionaire lists even as families of newer Indian conglomerates have climbed those rankings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

She found much evidence of baboons, although they were absent at the moment.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

In the mode of Katherine Boo and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Flock absents herself from the narrative, allowing us to enter the lives of her subjects and witness moments of almost unbearable intimacy.

From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2018

I don’t think there is much of a risk of default in the very near term but clearly if it absents official financing then it becomes more of a concern.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2016

Sinclair, whose prose is famously so eloquent, is here smilingly reticent, and somewhat disconcertingly absents himself before the trip is quite finished – to catch a plane.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2012

Eddie, her husband, decides that after all Patricia likes the surgeon best; to facilitate her leaving him, he absents himself from home.

From Time Magazine Archive

Day after day she absents herself for a short time, and the speckled treasures grow in number until from twelve to fifteen have been deposited.

From The Bird Study Book by Thomas Gilbert Pearson

Rosales absented herself from the archive, letting the images do the talking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

“The evidence demonstrates that he did not control Oracle, and that he absented himself from the acquisition of NetSuite,” the judge wrote.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023

Stoicism is also a protocol of attentiveness, which makes it an attractive remedy for those who feel absented and estranged from themselves or the world.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2021

He absented himself from the traditional marketing of his art, but supported himself in part by selling a trove of Constantin Brancusi sculptures he had acquired.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2019

He turned and absented himself from the chamber, his body betraying signs of considerable inward turmoil of spirits in his irregularity of movement.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Ryan Bowen, representing Membury, admitted his client had "not added any strength to the mitigation against him by absenting himself from proceedings".

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

He focused on personal priorities like criminal justice reform, and he jousted with rivals in a factionalized West Wing while absenting himself at key moments, to the frustration of colleagues.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2022

If you can convince him, then he will come to realize that your absenting yourself truly is the easiest solution.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2022

Rather, when Fleabag is talking to the audience, she is noticeably absenting herself from her real life.

From Slate ● May 16, 2019

Finding out that it wasn’t, that in fact the last entries were dated, she kept count of the number of days I was absenting myself from school.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane