leafs

present tense third-person singular of leaf
as in flips
to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner we must have spent hours leafing through wallpaper books before we found something we both liked

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flips
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  • The movie flips the perspective to the teacher and follows an entire day.
    Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Saturday, though, the script flips and Louisville wins by 4 points.
    Manny Navarro, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Leafs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leafs. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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