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exile

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




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"They have endured targeting, imprisonment, exile, and surveillance for simply reporting the news. It is an honor to recognize their commitment to documenting the truth."

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

Figuera, who had been the last leader of the 2015 assembly, had lived in exile in Spain and worked at a nursing home there before recently returning to enter the political discussions.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

With no end to her exile in Mae Sot in sight, in six months Yin Yin Aung will probably have to move again.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Giaconda Belli, a writer and former guerrilla who left the Sandinista party in 1990 and now lives in exile, said she knows firsthand that removing an authoritarian leader is possible.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

“And you know that’s why many in our community came to live in exile so far from our original homeland?”

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

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

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

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

But the truth is that we are both exiles and will never go home again.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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

Whether this exiled team finds a home as the investigative video arm of an outlet like ProPublica, launches a streaming-native newsmagazine or partners with an independent distributor, the potential is staggering.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

But Rangzen’s fellow exiled Tibetans, who have struggled to win international attention for their opposition to Chinese communist rule, greeted his passing with anguish -- and respect.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

In the first decades of Soviet communism, Russian Orthodoxy gave a great witness of martyrdom, even as its exiled thinkers enriched Christian theology and fostered ecumenical dialogue.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Someone exiled by fate from a place he loved.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

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

And how can they transplant themselves without exiling the working-class natives whose culture and labor the city cannot survive without?

From New York Times Jun. 1, 2022

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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