flee
Example Sentences
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Many other men are either in hiding or have paid bribes to flee the country illegally.
“I was one of those immigrant children coming to America to flee poverty,” Minaj told the outlet.
From Los Angeles Times
Talankin, who fled his home — first for Turkey, then the Czech Republic — is, for the moment, no longer “Mr. Nobody,” but as Borenstein notes, “He sacrificed his whole life to do this.”
From Los Angeles Times
A US immigration judge on Wednesday granted asylum to a Chinese man who fled his country after documenting sites of alleged human rights abuses against Uyghurs, his mother and lawyer told AFP.
From Barron's
Investigators identified Davis using security camera footage of him fleeing the business, police said.
From Los Angeles Times
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