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After Tim and Virginia have a confrontation with the ministorage security, they abscond to Oklahoma, where Virginia has plans for a big score.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The Man of Steel combats gigantic robots programmed to abscond with jewels and other valuables and then take to the air to return to their mad-genius minder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

It added that while some prisoners abscond while on release, this "should be considered in the context of approximately 4,000 people entering and leaving our prisons every year".

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024

GPS devices are generally seen by probation officials, prosecutors and judges as reducing the risk that a defendant will abscond or commit a new crime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024

A first-rate Russian might easily abscond to the more affluent West.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

She said the rate of absconds was "coming down substantially", with 57 cases in the year ending March 2025 compared to 143 in the year ending March 2020.

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026

As excellent as Alikhan’s staging has been throughout, Majok absconds without having to commit herself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2022

Now on view in a mostly sleek Mosaic Theater Company production, “Fabulation” tells of Undine, an African American PR bigwig whose world unravels after her husband absconds with her money.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2019

In beta decay, he speculated, a second, unseen particle emerges with the electron and absconds with a random fraction of the energy.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 29, 2017

Antiphon, that the moon shines by its own proper light; but when it absconds itself, the solar beams darting on it obscure it.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

Khalife sparked a nationwide manhunt when he absconded from HMP Wandsworth, where he was awaiting trial on spying charges, by tying himself to the bottom of a food delivery truck.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Khalife, who sparked a nationwide manhunt when he absconded from the London prison, was sentenced to 14 years and three months for spying for Iran after a 2024 trial.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Last year, North Koreans absconded with $1.5 billion from crypto exchange Bybit, the largest crypto heist ever.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

Crypto firms are racing to backstop the industry’s biggest decentralized lender after North Korea-linked hackers absconded with $190 million from the platform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

It is with regret that I confirm the report that has come to your ears: The experimental subject has indeed absconded from the property, and, at present, has not been located.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

“All the Judges are here but Wilson who unfortunately is in a manner absconding from his creditors,” wrote Justice James Iredell in August 1797.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

In the 1940s, for example, he sets out to collect scrap iron for the war effort and ends up absconding with a private collection of military memorabilia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

But was it an egregious, personal error, akin to Totenberg stealing into Alito’s hotel room and absconding with an internal organ, as it has been widely treated?

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

With Samarth still absconding, Twisha's family making grave allegations against the Singhs and the former judge giving interviews about the deceased's alleged mental health issues, there has been relentless media coverage of the case.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

In addition to absconding with twenty-five thousand dollars and giving Milton false hopes of my return, Father Mike was abandoning his own family.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides