exile
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A lapse in judgment has sent the previously infallible industry visionary, with Agnes in tow, into self-imposed, self-described exile on Maui, where the Hopkinses have built a showstopper of a house.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Maguire ended an 18-month exile from the England scene last month when he featured in World Cup warm-up games against Uruguay and Japan.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
How Tereza’s exile helps her countrymen isn’t quite clear, but I suspect it starts with giving someone younger her house and her job.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The 65-year-old son of Iran's last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, has lived in exile since the 1979 Islamic Revolution toppled the US-backed monarchy and ushered in the current system of clerical rule.
From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026
I imagined the proud man going into exile step by step, a small trudging figure on the long road west to the Gulf.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing exile
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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