Leaving
Leaving noun - The act of departing.
Returns
Both words in one sentence
- The substitute returns, opens the box, and finds the pig still there, leaving the protagonist to assume that Song Lee failed.
Source: Chekhovs Gun / Literature -
Most conspicuously when he flies her above the city after he returns from Krypton and she's still a bit upset with him for leaving without saying goodbye to her.
Source: Film / Superman Returns -
At least until FLUX, where the game returns to oblique symbolic metaphors, once again leaving everyone clueless.
Source: Video Game / BIT.TRIP
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