French leave

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Siaka Coulibaly, an analyst with Burkina Faso’s Center for Public Policy Monitoring by Citizens, warned of a “severe degradation of security” if the French leave, because African armies aren’t ready to fill the void.

From Washington Times

My efforts at French leave me at once inert and exhausted, as though I’ve been dog-paddling in a pool of standing water.

From The New Yorker

The Islamist insurgents attacked the northern city of Timbuktu for the second time in a fortnight last week, promising to "open the gates of hell," when the French leave.

From Reuters

"The French leave the job market too early," Gallois told a recent meeting with foreign media.

From Reuters

Persuade her to borrow the old pony of her master’s, from the pasture on the Woodbridge road, or to take it with French leave.

From Project Gutenberg