exile
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Robinson began this summer in an exile from the England team that had lasted for more than two years.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Regardless, should you ever feel that many people around you are looking increasingly smooth, there’s an easy solution that does not require Twilight Zone–style exile from society: Expand your social horizons a bit.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
But Tibetan advocacy groups in exile have questioned China's account of the disaster.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
"Not really," says Brook, on suggestions of regrets over his exile from cricket's most lucrative tournament.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
I was born to five in exile, it appeared, and my one way home was by way of dying.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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In Australia, home to a 3,000-strong Tibetan community, exiles were in anguish about family in Tibet.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
In Miami or Madrid, they became industrious exiles, sending remittances back to their families in Cuba.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 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
Oscar says that Swan is a new station that broadcasts important bulletins by exiles who want to liberate the island.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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María Corina Machado, the exiled leader of the Venezuelan opposition and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, on Thursday raised her own worries about what the oil deal means for the future of Venezuela.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The exiled Tibetans said relatives told them a large number of labourers from Lhasa and Shigatse had been at a bridge construction project in the area.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The exiled Russian writer Nina Berberova ecstatically recalled touring Rome with Muratov as her guide: “He loved Italy and taught me to love it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
In 2024 the former Liverpool winger joined Arsenal on loan, but upon returning to Chelsea in 2025 was exiled from the first-team squad and made to train separately.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
From my father I had learned that books were to be either adored or exiled.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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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
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
The exiling of “Jingle Bells” was first reported by writer Peter Lovenheim in the Rochester Beacon, an online publication.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
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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