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This was just 15 minutes after they had arrested 45-year-old Australian man Simon Peter Carman, who was allegedly "preparing to flee the country", they said.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Minnesota officials warn in the lawsuit that Castro may be eligible for release from a Texas jail as soon as next week and could flee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Meanwhile, A-level student Dominic Abdullah was forced to flee shortly after he had got his results on Thursday.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

France, which has already suffered a series of major fires this season, saw another start in the southwest that forced more than 500 people to flee, officials said Friday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

I get the irresistible urge to flee, but as I take a step backward, Daddy comes out of the kitchen.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

It ends 80 years later when his grandson Emanuel, the head of the family business, flees the new Bolshevik regime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Metals traders lose at least $144 million as ‘Hat’ flees China.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 2, 2026

When he stumbles upon the hut of a shepherd who flees at the sight of him, he “greedily devoured the remnants of the shepherd’s breakfast, which consisted of bread, cheese, milk and wine.”

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025

But when her 10-year-old daughter exhibits similar anger, April flees to save them both.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025

Garrett flees, locking the barn door behind him.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Ghana has faced legal suits over accusations that is has forced deportees from the US back to countries they fled, in violation of their rights.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

“When it became clear that Perez was experiencing a severe mental health crisis and harming himself, they immediately fled to protect the children from witnessing any further trauma,” the statement read.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

"We fled with nothing. Just the clothes on our backs. We're victims; we're going through a disaster," said Mbay resident Siti Saudah Daso, a 31-year-old mother of three.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Ms. Rogoyska describes how the Lutetia became a haven for those who had fled the Nazis as well as those who were aligned with them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

The French jets swooped and fired rockets at the remaining hostile planes, which all fled.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

A police pursuit early Wednesday through Los Angeles ended in dramatic fashion when the fleeing vehicle smashed into a row of parked cars, injuring the driver and scattering glass and debris across the road.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Edber said the court found her mental state played no role in the alleged crimes and denied her bail, noting she discussed on a jail call fleeing to her native Israel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Three years ago, he arrived in Colombia by bus, fleeing the crisis in neighboring Venezuela.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Students and school staff were seen fleeing from the scene, and those waiting outside the Debsirin School looked visibly distraught.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

He hadn’t seen any bears—indeed, he had been section hiking the trail for years and had seen a bear only once, briefly, rump end and fleeing, deep in the Maine woods.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson