compassionate leave
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compassionate leaves
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Instead it was Konate who rounded off the scoring in his first match since returning from compassionate leave after the death of his father.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
Konate had missed Liverpool's three previous matches after being allowed compassionate leave.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
Speaker Nelly Mutti initially granted Ms Lungu 14 days of compassionate leave to mourn her father and return to parliament when it resumed in September.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
In 2020 Stokes missed England matches for compassionate leave and later that year his father Ged died after being diagnosed with brain cancer.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2022
Mr Doran had taken compassionate leave to care for Sher who died of cancer aged 72 in 2021.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2022
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