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So what I don’t say in the special is that there came a point where I wasn’t comfortable in the house, and every morning I would wake up and leave all day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
On that superstitious note, time for me to take my leave.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
In the end, they found "insufficient evidence" of crime and let her leave Singapore in February this year, after holding her passport for several months.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Maria, a 36-year-old crane operator, also has no plans to leave.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
He walks off, intending to leave the man behind.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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But that still leaves a wide range of possibilities before the current CBA expires on Dec. 1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
Huang’s departure leaves a hole, TD Cowen analysts led by Joshua Buchalter said in a note on Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Over in the US, Shannon Salvatoriello says her 14 and 17-year-old sons use similar words, which she says leaves her "feeling very confused".
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
She leaves victims along the way, although it is difficult to determine who is in on the joke and not.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Mrs. Heemstra continued with her recipe for stretching the tea ration with rose leaves.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Curly Leafed Collards: Those curly leaved varieties Smith mentions can make them look more like kale than the large, smooth leaves we typically think of with collards.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2023
“As soon as all the trees leaved out, I was like, ‘I’m staying forever,’” she said of spring’s recent start, singing those last few words in a soprano vibrato.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
Want to try out this delicately leaved vine?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2020
The etchings’ chief subject is nature’s bounty and mysteriousness, manifest in big, densely leaved trees and densely treed hillsides.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2013
Pa said, “Were it one a our’n? You think someone leaved the barn door ajar?”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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An internal investigation is underway at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department after surveillance footage captured two department employees briefly speaking with federal immigration agents shortly before a man was detained while leaving the jail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
The right-sided midfielder McKennie has placed himself near his three midfield team-mates, leaving the right half-space empty.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Boards at the airport continued to show departures leaving as normal, while mobile boarding passes held by those stuck on the ground appeared to show their flight on its way.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
"Our findings show that the immune-related consequences of an acute viral infection can persist beyond the period in which the virus is detectable, leaving the animals in an immunocompromised state."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
Ba would be leaving for his buying trip that morning, so it was easy to say yes.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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He drove away in his parents’ car, parked it near where he had parked, and left in his own car.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
The collision left 32 people from the stricken riverboat in hospital with non-critical injuries, but no-one unaccounted for.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Shares in Microsoft recovered from early losses after the tech titan struggled to fix an issue that left users around the world without its Outlook email app.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
They brought Ian with them to Woodstock when he was a baby, but left early to find clean water to make baby formula.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Guided by visions of the Archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine, Joan left her village in May 1428 and traveled to the nearest French stronghold, where she asked to see Charles.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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