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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’s a far cry from the sleek criminals of streaming series, who seldom budge from their computers and abscond with millions and billions thanks to a few clicks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025

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

However, a government source admitted it was possible some could abscond before they were detained.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2024

“I’m walking Maya to first period. Unless, of course, you want to abscond with her?”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

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

If your investment manager absconds with your tokens, or a merchant fails to deliver what you bought with your bitcoin, you’re on your own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024

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

We all hide ourselves behind veils, and, as Emerson says, "Man crouches and blushes, absconds and conceals."

From The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Frank Preston Stearns

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

While some of their teammates flew back from Eswatini's neighbour, South Africa, the seven are said to have absconded.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026

A prisoner has absconded from a hospital in London for the second time in less than a week.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

“If this data has been absconded or downloaded, you could perpetuate fraud against every single government system in existence much more easily than at any time in our history.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026

Sybil had absconded with Molly when her daughter was only two, toting her child all the way.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

The Justice Minister Naomi Long has apologised after a convicted killer, with a history of absconding, spent nine months on the run from Magilligan prison after being granted day release.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025

Wright suggested that defense attorneys wanted him free “likely to facilitate his absconding from the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

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