fled
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In Karpivka, a village occupied since April, the Ukrainians found one local resident remaining - 61 year old Volodymyr Zamota, the last man standing when his neighbours fled the Russian advance in 2025.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Many legal residents have stopped showing up to work or fled to other parts of the country out of fear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
At only eight, she fled war-torn Somalia with her family after gunmen attacked their home and lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for four years.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Hilton, 57, was born in London to parents who fled conflict in their native Hungary during the 1956 uprising against the Soviet-controlled communist government and later anglicized their surname, Hircsák, to Hilton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
“Ah… there may have been a few times when I saw you and your family. And I may have fled to the back.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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