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
While she is happy with the cuts so far, she hopes they leave alone social security - the monthly government payments that she and 67 million retired or disabled Americans live off.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025
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
Hard to change and even harder to leave alone.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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