flee
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It has also forced nearly 20,000 people to flee their homes, the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“While Respondents may not in fact possess what extravagant holdings they portray themselves as possessing online, the record reflects that they possess an exceptional capacity to flee the jurisdiction,” Louis wrote in a 30-page ruling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
After Castro’s release from jail, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, who is leading the state’s prosecution against him, said she worried that Castro will flee to Mexico.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Abdullah, a longtime security guard, was praised for his heroic actions confronting the shooters and giving others time to flee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
His two comrades grappled each other, striving desperately to flee the ground that fell away under their feet.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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Surprise, surprise: Tony doesn’t get the fellowship, and instead, flees his childhood home early in the morning to catch a bus and a ferry to Provincetown.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
After one brutal experience, he flees into the woods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
In Brontë’s book, Isabella marries Heathcliff naively believing he might shape up into a gentleman and flees with their son when she realizes that is out of the question.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
This creates a rare market asymmetry: The public sees “bubble” and flees everything AI-related, while sophisticated capital is making precise bets on deflation survivors.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2025
Everyone flees before it; everyone yields to its impetus, unable to oppose it in any way.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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"We fled wearing the clothes on our backs. And we took our children, as much as we could manage."
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
The man took the £4,500 Potier paid him and fled to Italy upon his release.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Another 2.7 million fled across the borders into neighboring nations.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Police told The Times that the suspect had fled by the time officers arrived, but a trespass report was completed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
On April 12, 1945, when the German guards fled from the Red Army as it approached the concentration camp, Nina and her fellow prisoners cut the lock off the gate and let themselves out.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Xi's visit was the target of protests by dozens of Tibetans in New Delhi, exiles like their Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, who has lived in India since fleeing a Chinese crackdown in 1959.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Families fleeing fighting in Maqbanah and Jabal Habashi in Taiz governorate in Yemen's southwest took refuge at Al-Bareen camp for the internally displaced on Saturday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
A man who died after jumping into a canal while fleeing from police near Notting Hill Carnival has been named.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
For years, Hollywood has talked about a federal film and television tax credit that could help the industry combat the growing number of productions fleeing overseas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The fight and the fleeing had happened so fast, all he had were jumbled images in his head.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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