spirit away
Example Sentences
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Agents intercepted text messages in which Facey and Sanchez talked about using a private plane to spirit away an underling who had narrowly avoided arrest in Anchorage, prosecutors wrote in the bail motion.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025
Later on the day it appeared, refuse collectors arrived to spirit away the fridge-freezer.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025
“For decades until her death in 1947, Cather was unable to shake her creative spirit away from its home on the open plains of the Heartland,” Fischer said.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2023
The ordeal has drawn in the U.S. departments of Defense, Justice and State, which have previously argued that the attempt to spirit away a citizen of another country could significantly harm military and foreign relations.
From Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2022
Xenocrates assumed this would be a simple scrape-and-soar maneuver—and indeed, an ambudrone had already landed on the street ready to spirit away what was left of Citra.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
