flee
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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
People who had to flee their houses during the devastating Stourbridge fires are starting to return home.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
"If war returns to Marib, where would I flee?" he asked.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Many residents forced to flee their homes following the fires are still in the dark about when they can return.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Eventually I do flee to the bathroom just so I can regroup.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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 a failed engagement, Locksley flees the city to settle in a village on the Atlantic coast, where he allows his new neighbors to believe he is an impecunious artist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Metals traders lose at least $144 million as ‘Hat’ flees China.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 2, 2026
As Jay flees Hollywood, the city and its people continue to haunt him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
As the train slows, he leaps and flees.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
Dalibor Sentic was 10 when in the early 1990s his family fled the newly independent country - which had recently become involved in the Balkan war - for Stockholm, Sweden.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
They fled to Moscow when Sharaa's forces seized power.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
He may have fled Pennsylvania and has ties to California and Nevada.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
They also cite the potential for what is known as “chain refoulement,” when asylum seekers and refugees are sent by the third country back to the home from which they originally fled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
So she fled the Grand Dame to Anat.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Hong Kong, once a refuge for those fleeing China post 1989, commemorated the killings every year with a vigil.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
So while it is great fun to speculate — is it just another example of rich folk fleeing California’s high taxes?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Her husband "managed to grab one little dog" before fleeing the shaking building, Paredes said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The turning point was the 2015 crisis when more than one million people, most fleeing Syria’s civil war, poured into Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Fourth, if you count the hours after fleeing Dick’s.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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