Example Sentences

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He has since been released but is refusing to leave the police station until the other activists have been freed.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

On Sunday morning, the military released videos and photos of the freed captives as they sat under trees overnight.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Susanna ultimately is freed, not because she’s cured of the alienation she has always felt but because of an accepted marriage proposal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Some of those freed from a flooded cave in Laos are helping in efforts to find the last two missing men trapped inside, rescuers have said.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

When they were finally freed, after a series of slave rebellions, their new masters were poverty, illiteracy, and lack of economic opportunity.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French