deserting
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It could have meant one of the last major studios - behind titles last year such as Ryan Coogler's Sinners, The Minecraft Movie and One Battle After Another - deserting the cinema.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
But a major reason for voters deserting the party in past elections was inflation, an unwelcome phenomenon for households after several decades of stable or falling prices.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
But the Syrian army collapsed with surprising ease, with many troops deserting the battlefield, in the face of the HTS rebels’ onslaught.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2024
He treats his troops abominably, whether he’s deserting them in Egypt, condemning them to a death march through a Russian winter or sending them into the hopeless onslaught of Waterloo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
To leave West Virginia, even to leave Welch, would have been unthinkably disloyal, like deserting your family.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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