leave alone
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It starts from a belief that these people are operating in a world we don’t understand, and that we ought to leave alone, far from our base everyday politics and civic concerns.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
With that feedback, executives then determined which menu items to take prices up on and which to leave alone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
For 74-year-old Olena Motuzko, getting the food is an ordeal because she has a disabled husband she must leave alone for hours at a time.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022
Fire suppression has become a dangerous game of whack-a-mole, a race to choose which fires are worth containing, which to leave alone and which must be abandoned to protect human life.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2020
“So be it! I will leave alone any seeds you plant in this cornfield. You must let me out this very moment! I need to make myself scarce. The sun rises!”
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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