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But two reliably fine veterans all but abscond with the show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

His house was encumbered with liens and he’d sold a “prop plane” that prosecutors cited when arguing he was a risk to abscond, Maitia said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

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

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

“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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2022

Eventually, “Three Thousand Years of Longing” escapes the Istanbul hotel room and absconds to London, where the story becomes choppier and even more episodic, but also more of a modern-day fairy tale.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022

Rather than discarding the series’ dated gender dynamics, Odyssey at first appears to speed-run right into them: Bowser, Mario’s Godzilla-like nemesis for more than 30 years, absconds with Princess Peach in order to marry her.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2017

Three that are not entitled to sick-maintenance: a man who absconds from his chief, from his family, from a poet.

From The Triads of Ireland by Kuno Meyer

An on-the-run killer who absconded after being permitted to attend his father's funeral in Northern Ireland 10 days ago has appeared in court in the Republic of Ireland, where he was arrested on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Shortly after Khalife absconded from prison, at around 20:41 BST, Khan messaged his then-girlfriend Chowdhury's bank details and told her to "put 120£ in this ac… please thank u baby".

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 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

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

He absconded from the Florida cane fields and made it to Tennessee before a tinker caught him stealing food from his pantry.

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

The department said Minister Naomi Long "remains deeply concerned surrounding compassionate temporary release of Gary Anderson and his subsequent absconding".

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

That, she said, considered the risk he posed to public safety, as well as the likelihood of him absconding or re-offending.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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

Exactly how the situation transpired is something, even 14 years on, Ngake is reluctant to discuss, but she is open about the impact of absconding.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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