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Homeowners have crowded local meetings, threatening to leave the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
A retiree on a fixed income, Henderson said a significant cost-of-living increase could push her to leave Jersey City, her home of more than 13 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Secondly, there was widespread concern about the image it projected, the impression it would leave.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
What I usually do is I leave it to the last minute and send texts around, saying, “I understand if you don’t want to come, but I might do this.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
But he could not leave without saying goodbye.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
For Stacie this list of responsibilities leaves her mind feeling like a washing-up bowl that's being filled up throughout the day.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
On a cold November morning, designer Isaac Mizrahi gets up, leaves his apartment, and trudges to the corner newsstand to pick up a copy of Women’s Wear Daily.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Trump meanwhile said that he expected the Qatari jet to go to his planned presidential museum when he leaves office in 2029.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
One potential use is to place these living circuits on plant leaves or roots.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
The last of its dried leaves have long ago fallen, and lie shriveled in the soil beneath it.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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
For a moment I paused beneath a low, thickly leaved tree, looking down the well-kept doily-shadowed walks past the silent houses.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
But with the water shortage leaving a dearth of forage grass and hay, she said it’s getting much harder to earn a living.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The 40-year-old marketer worked at a string of big tech companies before an unexpected layoff last December, and has finally landed in a place he has no interest in ever leaving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Toss Master Kyle Mathews, co-organiser of the event, said an official tournament geologist had been appointed this year, leaving no stone unturned in keeping the 400 challengers in order.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
One of the older Air Force Ones then appeared to have been called into action when Israel briefed the US about a possible missile threat when Trump was leaving the Ankara summit.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Then he headed into first period, leaving me stuffing books into my locker.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
The decision to declare a mistrial after seven days of deadlocked jury deliberations has left the status of the case - and Clancy's future - unclear.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
A fire on the USS Gerald R. Ford that originated in the ship’s laundry in March injured two sailors and left 600 others without sleeping berths while deployed in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Pereira, DeVogelaere and the other researchers gathered samples and data that will probably keep them busy for months, and left instruments that will collect data until they return during a future expedition to collect them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
In her version, Bernhard alters the lyrics to pay tribute to Sylvester, whose untimely death left an immense legacy.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
So it was that, late one night, without saying good-bye to wife or children, niece or housekeeper, the two adventurers left unnoticed.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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"Growing Together" and "When I Grow Up"
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Spelling Practice 2, Unit 5
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