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exile

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




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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

That inability to keep the ball comes as Enzo Fernandez's exile from the first team entered a second match, with Manchester City expected to make a bid before Tuesday's transfer deadline.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

Most of its staff later went into exile, including to Russia and Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

I imagined the proud man going into exile step by step, a small trudging figure on the long road west to the Gulf.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

In Australia, home to a 3,000-strong Tibetan community, exiles were in anguish about family in Tibet.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Araspe, the king of Cyprus, and his sister, Elisa, are in love with these two exiles and determined to have them no matter what.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 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

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

They set up a toll-free hot line so that Cuban exiles could call in and choose from three scathing messages to send directly to the National Palace, demanding El Li'der’s resignation.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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

"With climate change intensifying, there is no indication that such hazards will stop," said Dhondup Wangmo, a research fellow at the Tibet Policy Institute, a thinktank linked to the exiled Tibetan government in India.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 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

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

Pain was exiled to the nearly invisible lines shooting out from the eyes.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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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