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Example Sentences
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She said her father’s truck was left abandoned and that he was nowhere to be found.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
This left the energy-hungry industries that traditionally power the German economy - cars and chemicals - hugely gas-dependent.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Even though workers who took the deferred-resignation plan put in place early last year have already left, the federal workforce continued to decline.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
But it did show that, among the 118 crossings by ships carrying cargo, 37 had left the Gulf carrying crude oil.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Her loathing left in a rush, replaced by fury.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.