exile
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Assad, who fled to exile in Russia after he was pushed from power in December 2024, was convicted in absentia along with his brother Maher, who was an important military commander in the former regime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The locations seemed far removed from the luxurious lifestyle Assad is reported to be leading in exile in Russia, and to the life Luka himself once led in Syria.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
"Trying to fill the hope of the Cuban exile is not going to be easy."
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Nicaraguans “live in a state of terror,” said Dora María Tellez, a prominent Ortega critic who was imprisoned for nearly two years before she was stripped of her nationality and forced into exile in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
When he saw that it was so indeed, he returned over the land to Shath and as an exile stood in the doorway of the Outer Hearth.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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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
A former Cuban spy who infiltrated a group of Florida anti-communist exiles in the 1990s told AFP that Havana's fatal shootdown of two planes piloted by the activists set the stage for devastating US sanctions.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
They were exiles, but Hob provided a type of protection once they settled in.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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The party has received the backing of several exiled opposition figures, including Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
In his 2012 autobiography "An American Son," the man oft-memed as the "viceroy" of Cuba, recounts boasting to his exiled Cuban grandfather that he would one day overthrow Fidel Castro and free Cuba.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Dumfries has links going back to World War Two when it played host to the exiled Norwegian army.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
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
He was also disfigured and exiled from Italy.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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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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