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[leev] / liv /








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The law’s advocates have said social-media platforms leave young people vulnerable to cyberbullying and sexual exploitation and are responsible for worsening mental health.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

In the Covid summer of 2021, Stokes stepped in for one Test while Root was on paternity leave.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

You vowed to leave L.A. if you didn’t win the race for mayor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“If we were to leave, we would lose a portion of our buy-in — about $80,000.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

You would come to cheer her up, but you would be the one who would leave that silent bedroom, spirit mysteriously and gloriously renewed.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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