freed
Example Sentences
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In Gatlinburg, Tenn., police in May freed a bear that locked itself in a hotel restroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Under the Sentencing Act, which is due to be implemented in September, two of the men involved could be freed early.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
"After five years of unjust imprisonment, Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara has finally been freed," read a post on his Facebook account managed by his friends.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
A number of Americans previously considered wrongfully detained in China have been freed, including in swaps engineered between Beijing and Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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
