disappearance
Example Sentences
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She spent the evening before her disappearance enjoying dinner and games at the home of her daughter Annie, before getting a ride back to her house.
Authorities served a search warrant at a home in Tucson on Friday night in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie but made no arrests.
From Los Angeles Times
In the two weeks since Guthrie's disappearance, the FBI and Pima County sheriff's officers have conducted a massive search operation involving helicopters, sniffer dogs, hundreds of officers, and thousands of tips called in.
From BBC
The disappearance of small farms has carried steep consequences for rural America, upending the transfer of wealth—long attached to the land—between generations.
Interest in Nancy's disappearance was "massive", he said.
From BBC
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