flee

Example Sentences

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Maduro and his wife attempted to flee into a steel-reinforced safe room but were unable to close the door in time.

From The Wall Street Journal

The red, white and blue banner graced courthouses where Jewish intellectuals who fled Nazism swore allegiance to the United States.

From Salon

A few weeks later, he fled Venezuela aboard a Spanish military plane and was granted asylum.

From Barron's

CEOs, in turn, pursue strategies against apathetic indexers or fickle traders who chase hot stocks and flee at the first hint of trouble.

From Barron's

Gatwa moved to Scotland as a toddler when his family fled the Rwandan genocide.

From BBC