fled

Example Sentences

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Henry Vane the Younger fled to America from England in 1635 and was elected, at age 23, as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Shrewdly, Mackay wrote, the stock operator in that case pocketed the cash and fled the country the next day.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Its other key ally, Bashar al Assad had been deposed as president of Syria and fled to Moscow.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Hundreds of thousands more Congolese have fled to neighboring Uganda and Burundi.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

He took one sniff and would have fled if Torak hadn’t grabbed him and assured him in low half-barks that it really was him, and not some murderous wolverine.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver