abscond
Example Sentences
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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 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
Authorities haven’t accused Osborne of sheltering the Pollocks but cited his ties to the family as a reason to fear that he could abscond.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2024
The performers, once beholden to the stage, will be faced with the strange, disorienting option to be replaced by their likenesses while they abscond to a private island or bunker and ride out the apocalypse.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023
A first-rate Russian might easily abscond to the more affluent West.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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