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Of care leaver households assessed in 2022-23, 2,270 were already homeless, while 1,440 were threatened with homelessness within 56 days.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2023

Whether they swap their graffitied school shirt for a United shirt, City shirt, or neither, each leaver departs with lessons learned.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2023

There was no note explaining this; just a random box for "leaver."

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2022

When he arrived, the Vikings’ program was in disarray with some players looking to leaver, others disillusioned.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2021

There were many picturesque figures among them, and, if I possessed the quick pencil of Kaulbach, I might have filled a dozen leaver of my sketch-book.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various