exile
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Zin Mar Aung, foreign minister of the self-proclaimed "National Unity Government" in exile, acknowledged losing ethnic faction allies was a blow.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
His gushing about being another Napoleon allows me to note that a couple of years ago I suggested the only way to handle Donald Trump was to exile him to a nice island somewhere.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
Her legal team described the businessman as a Russian-born exile and outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, arguing that Pitt’s claims amounted to an inaccurate and xenophobic attempt to discredit him.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Some 150 miles from the Tibetan border, in Dharamshala, India, the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile stand as a vision of hope and inspiration to the rest of the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
So he sent word to Eadgils in exile, and helped him with men and equipment, and plotted a campaign for him.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
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In the 1930s and 1940s, postrevolutionary Mexico emerged as both an incubator of modern art and haven for European refugees, political exiles and other expats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
For a woman who Hollywood exiles into the Nevada desert, only for her to build an empire and return to Los Angeles to conquer the industry, besting cancer should be a cinch.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
The 91,000 registered voters include Buddhist monks in the high Himalayas, political exiles in South Asia's megacities and refugees in Australia, Europe and North America.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
The RPF was founded as a rebel group by Tutsi exiles including Paul Kagame, now president, to fight the Hutu regime behind the genocide, which it forced from power.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
They set up a toll-free hot line so that Cuban exiles could call in and choose from three scathing messages to send directly to the National Palace, demanding El Li'der’s resignation.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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Aang befriended Zuko, an exiled Fire Nation prince who at first hunted Aang to regain his father’s approval before joining his quarry’s mission to restore peace.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
The exiled king found an unlikely guardian in Gen. Francisco Franco, who allowed him to settle in Spain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
But exiled opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado, who wants to return to the country, criticised the government response.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Within the detail, it was confirmed any player exiled from the main group can demand to be released – and to have their contracts paid up.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
In 1581 the exiled Hungarian bishop Andreas Dudith found himself playing host in Breslau to two astronomers, the Englishman Henry Savile and the Silesian Paul Wittich.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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In 1952 his re-entry permit to the U.S. was revoked, effectively exiling him for nearly 20 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
When his boss threatens to uproot his homeland by exiling its residents, Sandi defies the mobster, fleeing with his son soon afterward.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
When the invading forces took control of Melitopol a week ago they ransacked the mayor's offices, Federov said, exiling his team to another location where they are attempting to continue running their city.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2022
She also heeds Logan's orders, exiling Kendall, her own child, from her party to accommodate her ex-husband, who won't be seen with him.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2021
Now Alex was exiling Bri, the sweetest of them all.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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