compassionate leave
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Konate returned early from compassionate leave to help Liverpool avert an injury crisis at the end of January but the centre-back conceded that things were never quite right.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
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
Joe Gomez and Giovanni Leoni are out injured, while Ibrahima Konate is absent on compassionate leave following the death of his father.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 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
Stokes has had a difficult few years, first taking compassionate leave from cricket in 2020 to be with his father Ged, who died later that year from brain cancer.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2022
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