Thesaurus / flee
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Thousands of Rum families fled Turkey in the aftermath, and the Rum populace that remained — and the city itself — were never the same again.
‘A RECIPE FOR DAPHNE’ IS A DELICIOUS DEBUTVANESSA LARSONFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTOthers watched on TV and frantically tried to reach our bosses and colleagues as they fled for their lives.
OCASIO-CORTEZ, OTHER DEMOCRATS RECOUNT ON HOUSE FLOOR WHAT THEY EXPERIENCED DURING CAPITOL SIEGEAMY B WANG, COLBY ITKOWITZFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTOn Saturday, Green opened fire at Baltimore police officers at a grocery store in northern Baltimore before fleeing, Harrison said.
U.S. MARSHAL SHOT, HOSPITALIZED IN BALTIMORE; SUSPECT FATALLY SHOTJUSTIN WM. MOYER, EMILY DAVIESFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTOthers watched on TV and frantically tried to reach bosses and colleagues as they fled for their lives.
HOUSE TO VOTE ON REMOVING GOP’S MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE FROM HER COMMITTEESFELICIA SONMEZ, JOHN WAGNER, COLBY ITKOWITZFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIn reality, the frantic effort is clearly meant to compensate for voters fleeing the party.
SHRINKING THE GOP, ONE STATE AT A TIMEJENNIFER RUBINFEBRUARY 2, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIn 1968, she and her family were forced to flee to Israel when the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia, eventually making their way to Canada.
HOW ONE WRITER UNCOVERED THE LOST HISTORIES OF 999 WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO WERE SENT TO AUSCHWITZSUYIN HAYNESJANUARY 27, 2021TIMEJack Ma would like you to know he has not disappeared, and a new immigration law could make it harder for Hong Kongers to flee.
FOR QUARTZ MEMBERS—TWITCH: AMAZON’S GAMING EMPIREKIRA BINDRIMJANUARY 21, 2021QUARTZThe night after Ben Ali fled, I called students from Sana’a University, and we published the first statement of the revolution.
SHE HELPED LAUNCH YEMEN'S REVOLUTION. 10 YEARS ON, TAWAKKOL KARMAN STILL BELIEVES CHANGE IS POSSIBLEJOSEPH HINCKSJANUARY 15, 2021TIMEOnce there, some broke through the security lines, overwhelmed the police and forced lawmakers to flee.
THIS TIME, IMPEACHMENT SEEMS TO BE A NO-BRAINER FOR DEMOCRATSPHILIP ELLIOTTJANUARY 12, 2021TIMELawmakers and staff at first locked themselves in the House and Senate chambers, then fled.
THE BREACH OF THE CAPITOL SPOOKED US — AS IT SHOULD HAVEPHILIP ELLIOTTJANUARY 7, 2021TIMEWORDS RELATED TO FLEE
- accelerated
- advanced
- bolted
- bound
- burned
- bustled
- clipped
- covered ground
- dashed
- dispatched
- expedited
- expressed
- fled
- flew
- galloped
- goaded
- got cracked
- got the lead out
- hasted
- hied
- hustled
- leapt
- made haste
- made tracks
- moved quickly
- not lost a minute
- paced
- plunged
- precipitated
- pressed
- pushed
- quickened
- raced
- ran
- rushed
- scampered
- scooted
- scurried
- scuttled
- shook a leg
- skipped
- sprinted
- spurted
- step on it
- stepped up
- took wing
- tore
- trotted
- urged
- wasted no time
- whip around
- abscond
- avoid
- bail out
- blow
- bolt
- break out
- burst out
- circumvent
- cut and run
- cut loose
- decamp
- depart
- desert
- disappear
- dodge
- double
- duck
- duck out
- elope
- elude
- emerge
- evade
- flee
- fly
- fly the coop
- get away
- get away with
- get off
- give someone the slip
- go scot-free
- leave
- make a getaway
- make getaway
- make off
- make oneself scarce
- pass
- play hooky
- run
- run away
- run off
- run out on
- shun
- skip
- slip
- slip away
- steal away
- take a powder
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take on the lam
- vanish
- work out of
- wriggle out
- abscond
- beat it
- break away
- clear out
- come away
- cut out
- decamp
- defect
- desert
- disappear
- ditch
- elope
- embark
- emigrate
- escape
- exit
- flee
- flit
- fly
- forsake
- give the slip
- go
- go away
- go forth
- head out
- issue
- migrate
- move
- move out
- part
- pull out
- push off
- quit
- relinquish
- remove oneself
- retire
- ride off
- run along
- sally
- say goodbye
- scram
- set out
- slip out
- split
- start
- step down
- take a hike
- take leave
- take off
- vacate
- vamoose
- vanish
- walk out
- withdraw
- abscond
- amble
- barrel
- beat it
- bolt
- bound
- bustle
- canter
- career
- clear out
- course
- cut and run
- dart
- dash
- decamp
- depart
- dog it
- escape
- flee
- flit
- fly
- gallop
- go like lightning
- hasten
- hie
- hotfoot
- hurry
- hustle
- jog
- leg it
- light out
- lope
- make a break
- make off
- make tracks
- pace
- race
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scorch
- scramble
- scud
- scurry
- shag
- shoot
- skedaddle
- skip
- skitter
- smoke
- speed
- spring
- sprint
- spurt
- take flight
- take off
- tear
- tear out
- travel
- trot
- whisk
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