flee

Example Sentences

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From MarketWatch

A line of cars stretched as far as the eye could see along the country's southern coast as residents of affected areas fled to the ancient city of Sidon in search of safety.

From Barron's

Before it clicked shut, I was fleeing up the stairs to my own room at the top of the house where the tears could come.

From Literature

The war has already forced more than a million Lebanese to flee their homes.

From Barron's

Back in Bogotá, Nelida Paez, who had moved to the Colombian capital from western Venezuela to flee economic hardships, said: “You can feel that our luck is finally changing, as a nation.”

From The Wall Street Journal