fled
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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Henry Vane the Younger fled to America from England in 1635 and was elected, at age 23, as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Shrewdly, Mackay wrote, the stock operator in that case pocketed the cash and fled the country the next day.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Hundreds of thousands more Congolese have fled to neighboring Uganda and Burundi.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
"Many of those demonstrating fled from precisely the same issues now being denounced in the public square," Minxhozi said.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
All the dogs in the neighborhood went wild as Nhamo fled back down the road, skirted around the houses, and disappeared into the forest.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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