exile
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Nolan floats a convincing psychological reason why this Odysseus subconsciously believes his duplicitous actions during the war deserve permanent exile from civilization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The opposition team will be led by Dinorah Figuera, who returned to Venezuela in June after almost eight years in exile.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Zin Mar Aung, foreign minister of the self-proclaimed "National Unity Government" in exile, acknowledged losing ethnic faction allies was a blow.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
His gushing about being another Napoleon allows me to note that a couple of years ago I suggested the only way to handle Donald Trump was to exile him to a nice island somewhere.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
Whatever had happened to Leo during his five days of exile, it had changed him.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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In the 1930s and 1940s, postrevolutionary Mexico emerged as both an incubator of modern art and haven for European refugees, political exiles and other expats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Those frantically trying to find out about family members included Venezuelans in Doral, Fla., which has one of the largest communities of exiles in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
For a woman who Hollywood exiles into the Nevada desert, only for her to build an empire and return to Los Angeles to conquer the industry, besting cancer should be a cinch.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
The 91,000 registered voters include Buddhist monks in the high Himalayas, political exiles in South Asia's megacities and refugees in Australia, Europe and North America.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
So Lord Asriel had found conditions on Svalbard no better and no worse than hundreds of other exiles had done.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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Aang befriended Zuko, an exiled Fire Nation prince who at first hunted Aang to regain his father’s approval before joining his quarry’s mission to restore peace.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Kim Jong Un became heir in his 20s despite having no achievements, solely because of the Paektu bloodline," Ryu Hyun-woo, an exiled North Korea diplomat, wrote in his book, Kim Jong Un's Secret Vault.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
But with the exiled skipper at the crease 275 miles away, stand-in captain Root began a typically masterful unbeaten 75 to take England's rearguard into the final day.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
A longtime supporter of Tibet and a convert to Buddhism, Gere has frequently met the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader accused by China of stoking separatism in the Himalayan region.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
To support his family he had to be exiled from them.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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In 1952 his re-entry permit to the U.S. was revoked, effectively exiling him for nearly 20 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
When the invading forces took control of Melitopol a week ago they ransacked the mayor's offices, Federov said, exiling his team to another location where they are attempting to continue running their city.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2022
She also heeds Logan's orders, exiling Kendall, her own child, from her party to accommodate her ex-husband, who won't be seen with him.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2021
The loyalists still shun pop culture and defend Jeffs’s practice of exiling dissenters.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2021
Now Alex was exiling Bri, the sweetest of them all.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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