desertion

Example Sentences

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The charges included voluntary surrender, attempting to voluntarily surrender and desertion from a military unit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

After almost four years of war, many soldiers are exhausted and desertion rates are rising.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

It was a turning point in a youth-led uprising that started on September 25: Rajoelina fled the country that weekend, impeached days later for desertion of duty.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

This clueless performance will lead to a completely empty Rose Bowl and eventual desertion of NIL sponsors.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2025

Instead there was that same look of desertion he’d become accustomed to: no people, but boxes filled with papers covering the furniture and the floor.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer