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fled

adjective as in absconded

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One of them, Madina, fled the Syrian civil war in 2016 and said that two years later, one of her children became critically ill and her husband abandoned her.

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It is believed they may be descended from indigenous people who fled into the deep jungle in the late 19th Century, escaping rampant exploitation and widespread massacres by so-called "rubber barons".

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Santa Monica Police were searching Saturday morning for the driver who fled on foot.

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He fled the African island nation after weeks of protests over persistent power and water shortages, culminating in a military takeover led by Col Michael Randrianirina.

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Elser has reduced her holdings in highflying tech stocks, but she hasn’t fled.

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