deserter
Example Sentences
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Weeks later, and more than 200 miles away, Inuit hunters found the expedition’s deserters, sick, and starving on the ice.
From Literature
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The mass demonstration follows a recent crackdown on ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers, with thousands of call-up notices ignored in recent months and several deserters imprisoned.
From Barron's
He then decided to flee the country with the help of a volunteer organisation for deserters.
From BBC
But the labor minister, Kim Moon-soo, said not only might that violate national and international law, but it would result in more deserters.
From Los Angeles Times
French investigating magistrates collected evidence from Syrian regime deserters and prison survivors as they built the case.
From Seattle Times
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