freed

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Some of those freed from a flooded cave in Laos are helping in efforts to find the last two missing men trapped inside, rescuers have said.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

It was initially freed from a sandbank by German environmental workers, who dug a channel so it could swim away.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

The first of five men found alive after spending more than a week trapped inside a flooded cave in Laos has been freed.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Sparta’s class of elite warriors were freed from ordinary work, their needs met by slaves.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Those advocating an African solution might profitably study the recent English efforts to establish a black colony in Sierra Leone, where most of the freed blacks died or were enslaved by the local African tribes.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis