AWOL
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Soup is the obvious recommendation for days when appetite has gone AWOL, but two in particular stand out as personal MVPs: the “tiny everything” pastina and rotisserie chicken congee.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2026
Committed soldiers have been fighting without rest for years, and unenthusiastic new draftees are increasingly going AWOL.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
The Church's own published list of accused clergy marks his case as "not yet resolved" with no final determination of guilt or innocence, noting simply that he is "AWOL" - absent without leave.
From BBC • May 6, 2025
Weather officials had been warning Californians about the wrath of El Niño for months — even as some residents had begun to think the typically soaking climate pattern had gone AWOL.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024
Each time he went AWOL, he was caught and sentenced to dig and fill up holes six feet deep, wide and long for a specified length of time.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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