fled
Example Sentences
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“When it became clear that Perez was experiencing a severe mental health crisis and harming himself, they immediately fled to protect the children from witnessing any further trauma,” the statement read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Mangione fled, and was later arrested in a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa. after a dayslong manhunt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The franchise fled further and further from coastal cultural centers, shifting from the “Real World” of New York City and Chicago to the air-conditioned enclaves of New Jersey and the suburbs of Washington, D.C.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
He also told the BBC that many people had already fled into the hills because the sea had also receded.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
He had returned to the places he had fled in horror.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
