fled

Example Sentences

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U.S. stocks fell as investors fled increasingly volatile artificial-intelligence investments in the wake of Samsung Electronics’ earnings report and renewed disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026

He first fled Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan, then Khartoum, and now fears he will have to leave el-Obeid as drone strikes intensify.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026

Islas, who was 24 years old at the time of the incident, allegedly fled the scene on foot, according to police.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2026

But they also give eerie glimpses of conference rooms and cubicles unchanged since IBM left a decade ago, as if employees had fled the daily grind one day and never returned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026

Something crashed in a nearby cottage, and a man threw open the door and fled with a dozen mice squeaking at his heels.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff