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Interestingly, one of the other very senior Likud figures, Yuli Edelstein, who had been chair of the Knesset—which is a position equivalent to speaker of the House—for many years, had absented himself.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2023

"Although she did not explain to the defendant why she had done this, it must have been obvious to him that she had absented herself because of her anxiety."

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2020

Why, I asked, did he think that the city’s African-Americans had absented themselves?

From The New Yorker • Sep. 1, 2015

She declined to comment when asked whether Marks had absented himself because he was now considered "damaged goods", following the collapse of Co-operative Bank's deal to buy 632 branches from Lloyds.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2013

They demanded to know what man had absented himself, but when the roll was called the number was complete.

From Folk-Tales of the Khasis by Rafy, K. U.