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exile

[eg-zahyl, ek-sahyl] / ˈɛg zaɪl, ˈɛk saɪl /




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Screams echo from the upstairs bedrooms, where two husbands are in exile, watching a Green Bay Packers game with a newborn baby.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

The writer left his native Ireland when he was a young man, but the nation’s struggle for independence haunted the fiction he wrote in exile.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

She spent several months in exile and prefers not to speak in detail about that period.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Ibrahem now lives in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, after spending several years in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, but life in exile remains uncertain.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

I pulled free of Mom’s hug, stood, grabbed my duffel bag, and headed out to start my month of exile.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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