exile
Example Sentences
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No clear opposition leader is waiting in the wings, though the former Shah’s son in exile has followers inside the country.
But the price she paid was exorbitant — in her words, a life “decimated by grief and loss and exile.”
From Los Angeles Times
An estimated seven million Venezuelans have fled their homeland due to the political and economic crisis and many opposition figures live in exile.
From Barron's
Some Iranians are hoping for the return of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last monarch, who says he wants to help transition Iran to a secular democracy.
Many students can be heard chanting these slogans in support of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the late Shah, and the Pahlavi dynasty that was overthrown in 1979.
From BBC
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