exile
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A lapse in judgment has sent the previously infallible industry visionary, with Agnes in tow, into self-imposed, self-described exile on Maui, where the Hopkinses have built a showstopper of a house.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
How Tereza’s exile helps her countrymen isn’t quite clear, but I suspect it starts with giving someone younger her house and her job.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
It is now based in exile and is designated as a terrorist organisation by Tehran.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
After being shot, Camara spent 12 years in exile before returning to face justice.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Some of them put it down to the influence of Mrs. Coulter, who had visited him before Iorek’s exile, though Iorek had not known about it, and given Iofur various presents.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing exile
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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