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abroad

[uh-brawd] / əˈbrɔd /


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"I got my children to safety abroad," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Eisenstein is accommodated by authorities and even allowed to travel abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Despite all this, MI5 protected the agent and helped him go abroad to continue intelligence work while he was under police investigation, even removing his possessions from a police station.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

Inspired by their trips abroad, the couple went to lengths to design “the whole house with feng shui in mind,” a practice inspired by his mother, “who’s done it for 30 years.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

The young man was abroad on a medical school scholarship, although he had no intention of becoming a doctor.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez


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