go into hiding
Example Sentences
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He was forced to go into hiding, and the British government placed him under police protection.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2025
He did not leave Northern Ireland and go into hiding in England until a year later, when a recording surfaced from 1993 of him speaking secretly to journalists about senior republicans.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024
We might hear an account of a foundling left on this particular doorstep, or perhaps the family that once lived here and was forced to flee or go into hiding.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2023
Citing evidence that Williams had been preparing to go into hiding before the FBI arrested her, Jackson said from the bench: “This is a person who was packed and ready to flee before.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2022
The Ravkan civil war had erupted when she was still a student at the Little Palace, and she and her classmates had been forced to go into hiding.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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