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After Tim and Virginia have a confrontation with the ministorage security, they abscond to Oklahoma, where Virginia has plans for a big score.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The Man of Steel combats gigantic robots programmed to abscond with jewels and other valuables and then take to the air to return to their mad-genius minder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

GPS devices are generally seen by probation officials, prosecutors and judges as reducing the risk that a defendant will abscond or commit a new crime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024

No 10 said it was "not accurate" to say the Home Office was unable to locate the others, but a government source admitted it was possible some could abscond before they were detained.

From BBC ● May 1, 2024

“I’m walking Maya to first period. Unless, of course, you want to abscond with her?”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

She said the rate of absconds was "coming down substantially", with 57 cases in the year ending March 2025 compared to 143 in the year ending March 2020.

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026

If your investment manager absconds with your tokens, or a merchant fails to deliver what you bought with your bitcoin, you’re on your own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024

Eventually, “Three Thousand Years of Longing” escapes the Istanbul hotel room and absconds to London, where the story becomes choppier and even more episodic, but also more of a modern-day fairy tale.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022

In beta decay, he speculated, a second, unseen particle emerges with the electron and absconds with a random fraction of the energy.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 29, 2017

Three that are not entitled to sick-maintenance: a man who absconds from his chief, from his family, from a poet.

From The Triads of Ireland by Meyer, Kuno

Last year, North Koreans absconded with $1.5 billion from crypto exchange Bybit, the largest crypto heist ever.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

Those who have absconded include goalkeeper Kubrom Solomon and veteran winger Medhanie Redie.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026

“If this data has been absconded or downloaded, you could perpetuate fraud against every single government system in existence much more easily than at any time in our history.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026

Burr and his co-conspirators absconded with the money, and it took another 40 years for New Yorkers to gain wide access to potable water.

From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025

Sybil had absconded with Molly when her daughter was only two, toting her child all the way.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

But was it an egregious, personal error, akin to Totenberg stealing into Alito’s hotel room and absconding with an internal organ, as it has been widely treated?

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood made the decision to "block" Dunlop's move to open conditions despite the board assessing him as "presenting a low risk of absconding".

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025

A search is also underway for the owner of the food joint, who is currently absconding.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024

Wright suggested that defense attorneys wanted him free “likely to facilitate his absconding from the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

In addition to absconding with twenty-five thousand dollars and giving Milton false hopes of my return, Father Mike was abandoning his own family.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides