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exile

[eg-zahyl, ek-sahyl] / ˈɛg zaɪl, ˈɛk saɪl /




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Hayya, who already headed the movement in Gaza from exile, was widely seen as representing the more hardline faction that emerged from the devastating war with Israel that began almost three years ago.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Prominent Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara flew to exile Saturday in the United States after serving a five-year sentence on the island, as Washington urged Havana to release more than 700 political prisoners.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

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

When Russian tanks rolled toward his capital and the U.S. offered to fly him to safety and exile, he stayed, and he answered: I need ammunition, not a ride.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

Maybe I’m going crazy, like Ellie after her exile, making up stories to feel better about myself.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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

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

The RPF was founded as a rebel group by Tutsi exiles including Paul Kagame, now president, to fight the Hutu regime behind the genocide, which it forced from power.

From BBC May 7, 2026

“By they, you mean the slavers, the exiles she drove from Astapor and Meereen. Mere calumnies.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Since then, most of the opposition has been exiled, and nearly a million Nicaraguans have fled the country as repression deepened, most of them to neighboring Costa Rica and the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Sisilla’s mission is to investigate a metallic world of exiled plague victims gone incommunicado.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 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

But exiled opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado, who wants to return to the country, criticised the government response.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

My sister explained that what he meant was that Ellie would be exiled to England.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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 his boss threatens to uproot his homeland by exiling its residents, Sandi defies the mobster, fleeing with his son soon afterward.

From New York Times Mar. 24, 2023

He said that invading forces had ransacked his offices, exiling his team to another location where they are attempting to continue running their city.

From BBC Mar. 12, 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

Bitter local officials pushed through an ordinance banning automobiles from the Stanford campus and all tourist areas, effectively exiling them from the city.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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