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[flee] / fli /


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Fighting on Yemen's west coast has prompted thousands of people to flee by boat across the Bab al-Mandab Strait to Djibouti over the last ten days.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

If agents make mistakes as Meta works out the kinks, the risk is high that users will lose trust and flee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

On Sunday, the UN's migration agency said the renewed fighting in the Arab world's poorest country had forced 86,000 people to flee their homes, with the number jumping by 10,000 in just a day.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Text messages show Mr. Vorcaro asked the justice for advice as to whether he should flee the country, for help in staving off authorities and for a private in-person meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

After he asked Washington for permission to marry a young woman from another plantation, Sheels and the young woman plotted to flee aboard a ship in September 1799.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Helped by a young girl, Paul flees from those who seek to exploit him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

In Brontë’s book, Isabella marries Heathcliff naively believing he might shape up into a gentleman and flees with their son when she realizes that is out of the question.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

When he stumbles upon the hut of a shepherd who flees at the sight of him, he “greedily devoured the remnants of the shepherd’s breakfast, which consisted of bread, cheese, milk and wine.”

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025

This creates a rare market asymmetry: The public sees “bubble” and flees everything AI-related, while sophisticated capital is making precise bets on deflation survivors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2025

John Carter flees the broken Confederacy for Mars.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

He is the son of refugees who fled communist Vietnam and grew up in the San Gabriel Valley, graduating from Rosemead High School.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

As a child, Ghobadi fled Iran with her family during the Islamic Revolution and settled in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"As I understand it, bringing family members directly from North Korea is currently impossible," 29-year-old Chae Yoon-seo, who fled in 2019, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Investors haven’t fled from bond funds, despite this year’s losses, which Whalen views as a positive sign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

One sixteen-year-old Jewish boy, Solomon Perel, fled from Lodz, Poland, only to be captured in Russia with other Jews.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

A separate source in Alamata told the BBC there was a worsening humanitarian crisis in the area, as the town swelled with people fleeing fighting.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The pontiff said Europe was "entering a new stage" with the arrival of men and women fleeing war and persecution, urging countries to welcome them.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The potent Met chorus captured the shrieking cackles of the witches, the horror of the courtiers after Duncan’s murder, and the despair of the exiles fleeing Macbeth’s tyranny.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

This is partly due to direct impacts on those countries and partly due disruption across the USA and people fleeing from it.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

“If I free you, what will stop you from fleeing to the edge of the wilderness?”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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