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The war has displaced some 100,000 people in the south and forced farmers to leave their land untended, with leaves layered eight inches deep and crops crowded by neck-high thistles — all ready fuel for any conflagration.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
Now an internal medicine doctor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Simon sees more adult patients who have never been to a dentist, including people hospitalized with life-threatening sepsis that resulted from an untended dental infection.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
Ravens and jays patrol for untended snacks and scraps.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
And a lot of us grow up like a weed in the crack in the sidewalk someplace—untended, unguided.
—John J. Lennon, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
Now an internal medicine doctor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Simon sees more adult patients who have never been to a dentist, including people hospitalized with life-threatening sepsis that resulted from an untended dental infection.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
Ravens and jays patrol for untended snacks and scraps.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
And a lot of us grow up like a weed in the crack in the sidewalk someplace—untended, unguided.
—John J. Lennon, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
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“Untended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untended. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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