Alone
Alone adverb - Without aid or support.
Both words in one sentence
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Earlier episodes had people actually tell him to leave them alone even when he was hardly saying anything let alone being rude.
Source: Characters / Impractical Jokers - Other Allied troops are hardly mentioned at all, left alone the local Europeans, who suffered equally much and a lot longer throughout the Nazi occupation.
Source: Creator Provincialism -
Needless to say that even those who know this have hardly ever listened to it, left alone more than once.
Source: Pop-Cultural Osmosis
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