fled

Example Sentences

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Henry Vane the Younger fled to America from England in 1635 and was elected, at age 23, as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Hundreds of thousands more Congolese have fled to neighboring Uganda and Burundi.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

"Many of those demonstrating fled from precisely the same issues now being denounced in the public square," Minxhozi said.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The family fled to the Elasha Biyaha district north-west of Mogadishu, which had become a refuge for hundreds of thousands of people.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Amazingly, this scared him—he fled the air battle!

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein