as in departing
to leave a place often for another I wish you would just bug off and leave me alone
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Iran’s Mahan Air operated the first resumed flight, departing Tehran early Tuesday and returning to Tehran later the same day, IRNA added.—
Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
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Liam Hicks hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning for the Marlins while right-hander Pete Fairbanks (0-2) was charged with three runs in the ninth, while departing with an injury.— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
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Shaffir hosted This Is Not Happening for three seasons before exiting the series under contentious circumstances, after deciding to sell a special to Comedy Central’s competitor, Netflix.— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
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The 31-year-old right-hander began his ramp-up at low Single-A Lake Elsinore and pitched into the third inning until exiting after a comebacker in a 6-5 win on Saturday over visiting Visalia.— Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
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Step back, limit input, and process what’s coming up before moving forward with clearer boundaries.— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
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April 19 guest commentary The recent commentary on the Colorado Connector rail service was supportive of moving ahead.— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
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After that, they’re called thornbacks, a thornback being a bottom-feeding skatelike fish with sharp spikes running along its spine.— David Sedaris, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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In 2024, experts from the Gulf Coast Canine Project voiced concerns to the state transportation agency about ghost wolf mortality rates along FM 3005, the main road running along the coast, especially as development grows on Galveston Island.— Ashley Soebroto, Houston Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2026
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Klopp’s team, like Dalglish’s before him and Slot’s after, found the going much tougher the year after the German inspired what seven previous Liverpool managers could not, including Dalglish, who returned for 18 months in early 2011.— Simon Hughes, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
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The Fed’s going to have a lot of challenges in this economy going forward.— NBC news, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
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Guest star Morello joins the already capable Nils Lofgren, Little Steven Van Zandt and Springsteen in peeling off multiple solos during the night.— Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
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Researchers at Austria's Graz University of Technology explored this wild idea while thinking about ways to prevent layers of wood veneers from peeling off each other when they were forced apart with regular use.— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2026
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Charged with pulling out of Mary the hurt inside, Coel exquisitely performs the task with the precision of an elite surgeon.— Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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The Madrid Open is losing some star power with Carlos Alcaraz joining Novak Djokovic in pulling out of the upcoming clay-court tournament Friday.— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
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The cold front that caused the severe weather late last week is continuing to move east into the Northeast on Sunday, bringing rain and even high-elevation snow showers to parts of the region before pushing off the coast later in the day.— Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
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They are powered purely by your child pushing off the ground.— BestReviews, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
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