leave alone
Example Sentences
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It starts from a belief that these people are operating in a world we don’t understand, and that we ought to leave alone, far from our base everyday politics and civic concerns.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
With that feedback, executives then determined which menu items to take prices up on and which to leave alone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
While she is happy with the cuts so far, she hopes they leave alone social security - the monthly government payments that she and 67 million retired or disabled Americans live off.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025
For 74-year-old Olena Motuzko, getting the food is an ordeal because she has a disabled husband she must leave alone for hours at a time.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022
He told me that it was all a test, that Wickersham would leave alone those officers who stood up to him.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
