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
He's moved a little bit of weight and built it up slowly after his exile.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Which feels, in retrospect, like a ridiculous standard: to exile an entire cut of meat because it didn’t impress me at 12.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 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
“No, Marguerite, I embrace this exile, for I wish to five in peace. But will you ever return home?”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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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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