leaves
Americannoun
noun
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Acting as her friend’s stand-in grants Minnie the confidence she never had but leaves Barbara out in the cold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
The precipitous downfall of LIV leaves many players with uncertain futures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Even so, the way it ended leaves a bit of a bitter taste.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
That timeline leaves a limited window to evaluate potential solutions, develop a mission, and carry it out before the telescope descends too far.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
She’d take anything: stale bread crusts, cabbage leaves, even an apple or a bun sometimes, but I think she was always hoping for potatoes—as Mutti said, they were her real passion.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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